LIV players hit with £100,000 fines and suspensions for breaching DP World tour rules

England's Lee Westwood (left) and Ian Poulter were 2 of the highest illustration DP World Tour members to determination to the LIV Tour

The DP World Tour has fined and banned 26 of its players who competed without consent successful LIV and Asian Tour events.

Players that person resigned their rank volition not beryllium reinstated until they person paid their fine, from which constituent their suspensions would apply.

The sanctions subordinate to breaches successful the play 22 June, 2022, to 2 April, 2023.

In April, an arbitration sheet sided with the European-based circuit successful its ineligible conflict against 12 players who had appealed against being fined £100,000 and suspended from the Scottish Open for playing successful LIV Golf's inaugural lawsuit successful June 2022 without permission.

Lee Westwood, Ian Poulter, Sergio Garcia and Richard Bland subsequently resigned their rank of the DP World Tour, with each but Garcia having paid the £100,000 fine.

This announcement details further sanctions imposed for playing successful the 7 different LIV events successful 2022 and those contested earlier the arbitration panel's verdict was reached.

A connection from the DP World Tour said the "sanctions imposed were determined connected a case-by-case basis, acknowledging differences betwixt the events successful presumption of the interaction connected the DP World Tour's broadcast partners, sponsors and stakeholders".

It added that the suspensions would comprise "a operation of 1 oregon two-week suspensions" and lone subordinate to regular play events, meaning players would beryllium eligible to play successful large championships.

The archetypal tourney wherever the suspensions volition beryllium imposed is the Porsche European Open from 1-4 June, 2023.

The connection concluded: "Further sanctions for breaches of the conflicting tourney regularisation successful events which occurred consequent to 2 April, 2023, volition beryllium considered successful owed course."