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Golf's DP World Tour and PGA Tour have announced a new 13-year partnership to stave off competition from the upstart Saudi Arabia-backed LIV Golf.
On behalf of the PGA Tour, I want to credit and commend Keith Pelley and his team at the European Tour Group for their incredible commitment to this effort.” Keith Pelley, CEO of the DP World Tour said: “Building on the success of the existing Strategic Alliance between ourselves and the PGA TOUR, this move will significantly enhance the meritocracy that has successfully served the professional game on both sides of the Atlantic for more than 50 years. It is a natural extension and progression of what we have been doing over the past few years and I passionately believe that this move is the right thing for our players, our Tour, our fans, and the game of golf in general.
Former Open champion Shane Lowry has welcomed the sense of "comfort" given by the strengthening of ties between the PGA Tour and DP World Tour.
- News - News I’ve played in US Opens that were worse than that so I was disappointed.” And then like an hour later, it was like this is no chance, I can pack my bags.” “Personally, I do feel like the date could be looked at. “There’s been a lot of uncertainty in golf over the last while and I feel this is great for DP World Tour members.
Breaking down the PGA Tour's 'historic' partnership with the DP World Tour and what it means for fans, players and the LIV Golf series.
The top 30 finishers on the Korn Ferry Tour will also be awarded a PGA Tour card, up from the current 25. PGA Tour chief Jay Monahan has unveiled a not-so cunning plan to keep everyone happy at the top and bottom of golf’s wobbling tree – and it involves throwing even more money at them. The PGA Tour is reverting back to a calendar-year schedule with a new format and an offseason global series that sounds remarkably like the LIV Golf “exhibitions” which Monahan has previously mocked. Those not involved will then compete in an alternative series where they will fight to keep their cards and improve their status for the following season. From the start of next year, the top 10 in the Race to Dubai, not otherwise exempt, will win a PGA Tour card for the following season. After months of flirting with the Saudis, DP World Tour chief Keith Pelley has sided with the PGA Tour and extended their ‘strategic alliance’ until 2035.
Their partnership is extended until 2035 and it is clear that they want to work together to improve golf.
PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan has also expressed satisfaction with the new collaboration and hopes to maintain such good relations in the future. - Keith Pelley, chief executive officer of the DP World Tour said, as quoted by skysports. PGA Tour and DP World Tour wanted to strengthen their partnership, and the biggest reason is probably the arrival of LIV Golf. Their partnership is extended until 2035 and it is clear that they want to work together to improve golf and show that they are strong partners.
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Sixteen players have threatened the DP World Tour with legal action unless their sanctions for competing in the first LIV Golf event are rescinded.
Players have sent an open letter, imploring the DP World Tour to reconsider penalties for joining LIV Golf Series. "We agree, and we are concerned that the actions of the Tour against us, LIV Golf and golf in general will have adverse consequences on the DP World Tour, a tour and an organisation that, despite our recent interactions, we care deeply for. In an open letter published by The Telegraph, the players "implore" the DP World Tour to reconsider the penalties and claim the strengthened partnership between the PGA Tour and DP World Tour leaves the latter playing "second fiddle" to the US-based circuit.
The letter was signed by 16 of this week's LIV Golf Invitational competitors in Portland, who likely will be punished for playing the event.
That the DP World Tour top performers will now earn PGA Tour cards serves only to solidify the DP World Tour as second fiddle to the PGA Tour and depletes the DP World Tour’s top rising talent even further. “In addition, PGA Tour players have been encouraged to play the Scottish Open through a stipend to cover travel costs, but the same benefit is not afforded to DP World Tour members?! “The intention of this letter is not to further divide us, but to respond to Tour statements and to pose questions that the Tour should answer and we should discuss in detail.
A fiery letter from 16 DP World Tour players obtained by the Telegraph shows the threat of legal action if bans and fines for playing in the LIV Golf Series ...
That the DP World Tour top performers will now earn PGA Tour cards serves only to solidify the DP World Tour as second fiddle to the PGA Tour and depletes the DP World Tour’s top rising talent even further. “In addition, PGA Tour players have been encouraged to play the Scottish Open through a stipend to cover travel costs, but the same benefit is not afforded to DP World Tour members?! “The intention of this letter is not to further divide us, but to respond to Tour statements and to pose questions that the Tour should answer and we should discuss in detail. The 16 players were also critical of the DP World Tour's new deal with the PGA Tour that will see the top 10 players on the Race to Dubai rankings earn cards for the US circuit. “To begin with, we do not accept that protecting the PGA Tour through this alliance could in any way justify this disparate treatment. "If not, you will leave us with no choice but to employ the various other means and methods at our disposal to rectify these wrongs," the letter reads.
With big names recently making the move to LIV Golf, including Bryson DeChambeau, Brooks Koepka, and Abraham Ancer, rumors have started to fly around about ...
“I have dreamed of winning on the PGA Tour and winning majors since I was a little kid,” he said in the post. Two of those silver medals came at the last two major championships. “I love where the PGA Tour and the DP World Tour and their associated tours are headed.”
English golfers Ian Poulter and Lee Westwood, two of LIV Golf's first recruits, have joined a group of 16 players who signed a letter warning the DP World ...
16 players from this week’s LIV Golf Invitational in Portland signed the open letter. Players have issued a warning of legal action unless they are allowed to play in the Scottish Open. They have given the DP World Tour a deadline of July 1, 5pm. English golfers Ian Poulter and Lee Westwood, two of LIV Golf’s first recruits, have joined a group of 16 players who signed a letter warning the DP World Tour of legal action if their fines and bans from the Scottish Open are not retracted, according to London’s The Telegraph.
Sixteen LIV golfers have threatened the DP World Tour with legal action unless their sanctions for competing in the first Saudi-backed event are rescinded ...
Lee Westwood and Ian Poulter are lobbying for reinstatement into the pre-Open Championship event.
"The intention of this letter is not to further divide us, but to respond to Tour statements and to pose questions that the Tour should answer and we should discuss in detail. It read: "In Mr. Pelley's latest communication, he uses the statement that every action in life comes with a consequence. As LIV Golf's second event in Portland gets underway, the ripple effects of its very existence will be felt around the globe.
Sixteen players have threatened the DP World Tour with legal action unless their sanctions for competing in the first LIV Golf event are rescinded.
"Instead of spending our time, energy, financial resources and focus on appeals, injunctions, and lawsuits, we would implore you, the custodians of the DP World Tour, to reconsider your recent penalties and sanctions, and instead focus our energies on forging a path forward that is better for the DP World Tour members and the game of golf. In an open letter published by The Telegraph, the players "implore" the DP World Tour to reconsider the penalties and claim the strengthened partnership between the PGA Tour and DP World Tour leaves the latter playing "second fiddle" to the US-based circuit. Sixteen players have threatened the DP World Tour with legal action unless their sanctions for competing in the first LIV Golf event are rescinded.
Sixteen players - including Ryder Cups stars Ian Poulter and Lee Westwood - have threatened the DP World Tour with legal action unless their sanctions for ...
LIV Golf is hosting its second event this week at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club in Portland, Oregon, where players are competing for a huge £20m prize pot. Phil Mickelson and Dustin Johnson are reported to have been paid up to £200m for joining. Lee Westwood and Ian Poulter are among 16 golfers who have threatened legal action against the DP World Tour unless their sanctions for competing in the first LIV Golf event are rescinded 'We agree, and we are concerned that the actions of the Tour against us, LIV Golf and golf in general will have adverse consequences on the DP World Tour, a tour and an organisation that, despite our recent interactions, we care deeply for. In an open letter published by the Telegraph, the 16 players 'implore' the DP World Tour - the rebranded European Tour - to reconsider the penalties, which they say are 'likely unlawful'. Sixteen players - including Ryder Cups stars Ian Poulter and Lee Westwood - have threatened the DP World Tour with legal action unless their sanctions for competing in the first LIV Golf event are rescinded today.