Lee Westwood still hasn’t paid £850,000 fine after making LIV Golf decision
Lee Westwood is playing at the US Senior Open but does not plan on paying the £850,000 he owes the European tour following his Liv defection Liv golf Defector Lee Westwood has reaffirmed his refusal to pay the 850,000 in fines he owes the European tour Westwood was one among the first set of golfers who defected from the traditional establishment to participate in the Saudi backed live golf series consequently he accumulated a substantial six- fig sum in penalties from the European tour despite this Westwood has consistently maintained he doesn’t plan to Shell out the amount that’s despite still wanting to turn out on the PGA tour organized senior circuit as he makes his debut this week having turned 50 Day last year the season golfer was eligible to perform on the senior circuit in 2023 but couldn’t due to PGA Tour rules the organization has a strict rule preventing athletes from participating in PGA Tour or PGA Tour Champions tournaments if they’ve competed in the Liv Gulf league in the previous 12 months despite these regulations Westwood carries on playing for live and is featuring in this week’s Us Senior Open owing to his involvement in last year’s Ryder Cup however when queried about his massive finds in the leadup to the competition at Newport Country Club the Nottinghamshire born golfer stood firm in his stance reported the mirror we’ll have to find a way around that he told reporters at any level it’s disappointing they can’t resolve it the champions tour for me is important because people have watched me play and other guys out here play for the last 30 40 years and they build relationships with those players and they’ve seen us grow as players and people yes people want to see the youngsters the new guys on the Block coming through and contending but they also want to see the guys they’ve made a bond with over the last 30 40 years
