Ryder Cup: Sergio Garcia, Ian Poulter & Lee Westwood ineligible for 2023 event after quitting DP World Tour

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Sergio Garcia, Lee Westwood and Ian Poulter observe winning the 2014 Ryder Cup

Ryder Cup stars Sergio Garcia, Ian Poulter and Lee Westwood volition each beryllium ineligible to play successful this year's lawsuit aft resigning from the DP World Tour.

The trio, on with Richard Bland, had been sanctioned for breaking circuit rules aft joining breakaway circuit LIV Golf.

The players accidental they person "no option" fixed punishments being imposed aft they joined the Saudi Arabia-funded tour.

Bland has besides discontinue the European circuit.

All 4 volition present beryllium incapable to play for Europe against the United States successful Rome.

In a statement, the DP World Tour confirmed the resignations saying they had been "sanctioned for superior breaches of the tour's conflicting tourney regulations".

The players were deed with £100,000 fines for playing successful LIV's opening tourney astatine the Centurion Club successful Hertfordshire past June. They mislaid an entreaty held by the arbitration work Sport Resolutions and had until 3 May to wage their fines.

The DP World Tour thanked the players for the publication they person made, adding: "In peculiar Sergio, Ian and Lee for the important portion they person played successful Europe's occurrence successful the Ryder Cup implicit galore years".

Garcia is Europe's all-time grounds points scorer portion Westwood played successful a grounds 11 matches for Europe.

World fig 1 Jon Rahm has made nary concealed of his tendency to spouse Garcia successful this year's lucifer aft some Spaniards combined successfully erstwhile Europe mislaid astatine Whistling Straits successful 2021.

"The resignations, however, on with the sanctions imposed upon them, are a effect of their ain choices," the DP World Tour connection added.

"As we person consistently maintained passim the past year, the circuit has a work to its full rank to administer the subordinate regulations which each subordinate signs up to.

"These regulations are successful spot to support the corporate interests of each DP World Tour members."

Under the tour's rules the players cannot service arsenic aboriginal captains oregon vice captains. Westwood, Poulter and Garcia were seen arsenic certainties to skipper Europe successful aboriginal Ryder Cups until they defected to LIV.

Westwood called it "a bittersweet day" according to the Daily Telegraph. The Englishman has been a subordinate for much than 30 years aft joining arsenic a 19-year-old.

"I could not spot immoderate different enactment with each the punishments hanging implicit me," Westwood said.

"I don't hold with the absorption [chief executive] Keith [Pelley] and his committee person taken and I privation to determination on." Westwood, who signed a multi-million dollar woody with LIV, confirmed helium has paid his £100,000 fine.

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