LIV Accuses DP World Tour of 'Interference' at Hearing — SkimNews
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- LIV Golf accused the DP World Tour of a 'clear attempt to interfere' with its restructuring after the European tour said it would refuse membership to anyone playing LIV next season.
- LIV attorney Rob Fitzgerald of Gibson Dunn told New Jersey Bankruptcy Court the organization would know by month's end whether 'LIV 2.0' is viable, hinging on BC Partners investment and a 'sufficient number of players' signed up by the 25th.
- The court rejected 19 player contracts at Wednesday's hearing — including those of Bryson DeChambeau and Dustin Johnson — after LIV filed for Chapter 11 in September when Saudi Arabia pulled its multibillion-dollar funding.
- LIV owes its participants at least $45m (£33m) and is aiming to wrap its court-supervised restructuring in early 2027.
- DP World Tour CEO Guy Kinnings told BBC Sport 'players need to make a choice,' ending the conditional releases that previously let stars like Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton play both circuits.
- Rory McIlroy said LIV was in 'such a state of flux' and called the DP World Tour 'well within their rights to change the rules' ahead of the DP World India Championship.
- Patrick Reed, who left LIV in January and now leads the Race to Dubai, said he was accepted 'from day one' after rejoining the European tour full-time.
Why it matters: The DP World Tour's 'you must choose' stance lands just as LIV needs 'sufficient number of players' signed by the 25th for LIV 2.0 to launch — directly threatening one of the 'two critical pieces' Fitzgerald identified for viability. With $45m already owed to players and 19 major-tour contracts just rejected, Europe's tour has effectively shrunk LIV's thin recruiting pool.
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