The Real Reason LIV Golfers Will LEAVE The Tour..
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From facing staggering fines that could go up to a million dollars to losing their place on the European tour this is the real reason why live golf could face an exodus let’s start with the insane finds because these could literally change the golfing landscape forever now if you remember the DP World Tour
Suspended and find its members last year who joined the Breakaway League without getting an official release after all the law does state that you can’t go and compete for a rival tour without permission but even even though this move was successful over on the American side with the PGA Tour suspensions the
European tour couldn’t Implement its bands initially why well because a bunch of Liv golf players filed a petition and got a stay order from the court which allowed them to compete in DP World Tour events for the time being but now the arbitration panel has sided with the
Tour which means that Liv members have to pay some very Hefty fines in fact some players like Lee Westwood and Ian polter who joined the upstart league right at the start have already been fined over $600,000 not to mention they’ve been indefinitely suspended from competing in
DP World Tour events as well oh and this is on top of the original $125,000 fines and suspensions that they had to fulfill earlier here’s the kicker though the sport resolutions arbitration panel has given free reain to the DP World Tour meaning they can impose as
Many fines as they want and that folks can only mean one thing fines for everyone now there were 17 golfers on the initial list and most of them were Liv members from the League’s first season but remember Greg Norman’s brought a bunch more players to the roster for their season two which means
That the DP world tours Blacklist has also now gone up to 26 golfers and now they’re prepping to impose some very harsh sanctions on these players in a statement that was published after the panel’s decision the DP World Tour said that it had already sent notices to 26
Players that they were being sanction oh and get this every single one of them is getting a different punishment depending on the number of Live Events they played and their impact on the tour’s broadcast Partners sponsors and stakeholders so high-profile players are screwed what’s more the tour also laid out the way it’s
Dishing out these punishments for instance you could be finded anywhere between $ 15,000 and $125,000 also yes these are per event and can go up to eight events along with a suspension meaning those with eight high-profile breaches will have to pay a million dollars in fines in fact even
Though the current notices have been sent for breaches that happened between the 22nd of June 2022 and the 2nd of April 2023 these could potentially stretch out beyond that timeline and continue into this season as well I mean that’s way too much money even for live golf players and now they’ve only got
One option to resign from the DP World Tour yep a lot of Saudi League members have already started handing out their resignation letters to the European tour after all no one wants to pay those insane fines and still remain banned right not to mention the DP World Tour is essentially making them choose
Between live and the tour with these sanctions and we all know they’re never going to abandon the Breakaway League at least not soon anyway so who’s resigned until now well Lee Westwood Ian polter Sergio Garcia and Richard Bland have all left the DP World Tour what’s more since
These four have already opened the floodgates for what’s being called called a mass Exodus more live golfers are also apparently thinking of taking the leap and resigning from the tour this newer contingent includes golfers like the former Master’s champ Charles schwarzy and his fellow South African
Brandon Grace oh and there’s a lot of controversy surrounding Paul Casey and Martin CER which could lead to their resignation as well why well you see CER is one of the most high profile German players on the tour and was supposed to appear in the upcoming Porsche Europe
Open plus Casey was supposed to play a big role in the competition because he’s an ambassador for Porsche so now with both of these out of the tournament the DP World Tour is facing backlash from the fans and the sponsors and finally there’s Henrik Stenson who was already
On the verge of leaving after he was kicked from the European Ridder Cup team but it looks like leaving isn’t exactly going to be a simple Affair either after all a resignation doesn’t mean that they don’t have to pay the fines in fact we’ve already got a case where the DP
World Tour is threat ing a player to pay his fines yes I’m talking about Sergio Garcia one of the people that have left the tour who didn’t pay his initial 125k fine last year in fact out of the 17 people who were sanctioned he’s the only
One who didn’t pay that but even though he’s no longer associated with the DP World Tour they’ve said that they still intend to collect a fine from him by taking appropriate action if he continues to not respect the panel’s decision so it could very well be the same thing for everyone else who’s
Trying to escape too with that said it’s not all doom and gloom for live golf members you know why well you see a lot of high-profile European golfers like say Westwood or polter have Clauses in their live contracts that allow the league to pay Their fines as a matter of
Fact some recent reports have even suggested that the upstart circuit has already sent a million bucks to the tour covering the fines for seven of their golfers and to be fair it makes perfect sense after all everyone knew that these guys would face sanctions the minute they go and compete at another event
Without getting an official release I mean at least that’s what everyone thought anyway but Lee Westwood says that the tour didn’t communicate the extent of sanctions and he’s really mad about it speaking with the independent he said that people love to assume that he knew what was going to happen if he
Joined Liv golf however according to him no one was told the extent of the punishments they’d be facing because the language from the tool tour was vague at best what’s more Westwood also talked about how there’s no obvious difference between playing on the PGA tour and live
Golf after all both are technically DP world tours Rivals right well except for the fact that the Breakaway league is funded by the Saudis the 50-year-old thinks that it’s dishonest to disregard Liv purely on that basis because not only did the European tour encourage its players to play in Saudi Arabia back in
The day but they’ve got a bunch of sponsors from the country as well so he cluded that this is all happening for one sole reason the PGA Tour is trying to maintain its Monopoly the Englishman went as far as to say that the DP World
Tour is actually in bed with the PGA for him the European tour has turned into a feeder tour for the PGA now because every single great player that emerges in the EU usually ends up joining the PGA Tour oh and there’s a good reason for that after all the Strategic
Partnership between the tours does mean that the PGA can Grant free entry to the top 10 players in Europe and that’s one of the biggest reasons why the golfer decided to resign from the European tour because he simply doesn’t want to be a part of a regime like that so now with
All these departures and extra controversy the question is what’s next for live golf members well for starters them cutting ties like this means that they won’t be allowed back in very easily like those who are yet to resign can still pay Off Their fines serve an
Eight event ban and start playing on the DP world tour with all of its benefits like world ranking points people like Sergio Garcia however won’t be allowed back instantly even if they pay Their fines not to mention once they do manage to rejoin they’re still going to have to
Fulfill their suspensions which is brutal although let’s be fair most Saudi league players only cared about a couple of things the world ranking points and the Ridder Cup teams so even though a lot of players who’ve played a big part in previous r cups will be sad the
League is in a healthy enough place now to not affect their Futures in fact now that they’re out of this constant legal back and forth they can just focus on their golf as for live golf as an entity well they’d already lost favor with both
The PGA Tour and the DP World Tour so their players taking a stand and resigning only gives them an upper hand after all not only will these golfers be fully dedicated to the Saudi League now but it also gives the circuit that extra bit of legitimacy since it’s got players
Who are not not competing in any other competition and there you have it from losing their place on the European tour to facing staggering fins that could go up to a million dollars that was the real reason why Liv golf could face an exodus
