Joost Luiten SLAMS DP World Tour Over “Unfair” Nedbank Snub | Players Back Him After Controversy

Joost Luiten SLAMS DP World Tour Over “Unfair” Nedbank Snub | Players Back Him After Controversial Decision

🔥 OUTRAGE on the DP World Tour!
Joost Luiten has officially had enough — and he’s calling out the DP World Tour after a shocking snub that left both fans and fellow players stunned. 😱⛳

Despite finishing 33rd in the 2025 Race to Dubai and earning a place in a 52-man field for the season-ending finale, Luiten was somehow left out of the 66-player lineup for the $6M Nedbank Challenge. Even after he was bumped into the field, the Dutch star insists the system is “wrong, inconsistent, and impossible to explain.” 😤

Players like Dan Brown have rallied behind him, calling the situation a “disgrace.”
But Luiten isn’t stopping there — he’s demanding a democratic vote that could shake up the 2026 season and reshape qualification rules for limited-field events, including the Dubai Invitational headlined by Rory McIlroy. 🗳️🔥

In this video, we break down:
✅ Why Luiten was furious about being the first reserve
✅ How “one-week winners” leapfrogged consistent performers
✅ Why the qualification system is under fire
✅ What Luiten wants changed before the 2026 season
✅ The growing player-led movement demanding fairness

This is a MUST-WATCH for every golf fan who cares about fairness, rankings, and the future of the DP World Tour. 🏌️‍♂️💥

👇 Drop your thoughts in the comments — Was Joost Luiten right to call out the Tour?

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Yos Lu Tan was left furious after discovering he had only been listed as the first reserve for next month’s Ned Bank challenge on the DP World Tour. And even though he eventually made it into the $6 million field at Sun City, the Dutch star insists he’s nowhere near ready to let the situation go. Very happy and looking forward to play at Ned Bankolf Challenge, he wrote on Instagram. But that doesn’t mean everything is fine now. Luton’s frustration stems from his belief that he had more than earned his place. The six-time DP World Tour winner finished 33rd in the 2025 race to do by standings, easily qualifying for the season ending DP World Tour Championship, which featured 52 players. Yet somehow, he didn’t initially make the field for a 66 player event in South Africa, something he described as baffling. “I just don’t get it,” he wrote. hard to understand or explain how the atorlder makes those decisions. At the center of the controversy is the tournament’s entry criteria. Any player who won a DP World Tour event with a $2 million purse from 2024 to 2026 earned an automatic exemption, even if they finished below Louis 10 in the season rankings. With three top three finishes in 2025, Louis 10 believes current form simply isn’t being rewarded. English pro Dan Brown backed him up, calling the situation a disgrace and arguing that Field should be based on seasonlong performance rather than oneweek flashes. Even with the spot now secure at the Gary Player Country Club, home to one of the biggest prize funds on the schedule, Louis Tin continued to voice his displeasure. The way the entry criteria were handled and the way this entire decision was made by the atldderer is still wrong, inconsistent and honestly impossible to explain. He said now Louis Tan is pushing for change. He wants a Democratic vote on whether the Dubai Invitational, the first event of 2026 and headlined by Rory Mroy should use the 2025 race to Dubai rankings to determine its limited field. The tour always tells us that the tour belongs to the players and that we decide. Louis 10 added. If that is truly the case, then I would like to propose that the status of the at Dubai Invitational be put to an official vote by the players committee, specifically whether it should count as a category event or an order of merit event.