By Matt Smith
With almost 20 of LIV Golf’s players set to tee off at next week’s BMW PGA Championship — the DP World Tour’s flagship event at Wentworth — it appears that the European Tour Group organisers are planning to take steps of their own.
The likes of Sergio Garcia, Talor Gooch, Martin Kaymer, Jason Kokrak, Pablo Larrazábal, Graeme McDowell, Kevin Na, Shaun Norris, Wade Ormsby, Adrian Otaegui, Ian Poulter, Patrick Reed and Lee Westwood are among those ‘LIV-ers’ planning to line up in the field that includes the top DP World Tour players including FedEx Cup champion Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Viktor Hovland, Shane Lowry and US Open winner Matt Fitzpatrick.
The PGA Tour has already suspended any player that competes at a LIV Golf event, but the DP World Tour’s initial fine and suspension of new LIV Golfers for three summer events (each notably co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour) was temporarily blocked by a UK arbiter until at least February.
However, a report in The Telegraph on Wednesday suggests that there will be some stipulations in place at Wentworth, with LIV Golf stars missing the pre-tournament pro-am and being discouraged from wearing LIV Golf branding.
The Golf Channel also obtained a memo sent by DPWT CEO Keith Pelley on the subject of LIV Golfers planning to play on the $8million Rolex Series event.
“They will not be given any on course competitive disadvantage — i.e. unfavorable tee times — but they will not be required to play in the pro-am on Wednesday and will not be in TV featured groups,” it read.
At the BMW International Open in Germany in June, LIV Golf players were placed in the same groups for the first two rounds — something the DPWT may be planning again for Wentworth from September 8-11.
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