The DP World Tour is putting its foot down for players choosing to compete on LIV Golf in 2027.
The Tour will not allow LIV players to compete in its events or be members next year, BBC Sport reported Monday. In past years, players were granted conditional releases, but that is no longer an option moving forward.
"Players need to make a choice," Guy Kinnings, the DP World Tour CEO of the DP World Tour, told BBC Sport.
The move is a major one for any European golfers, for players must be members of the DP World Tour to be eligible for the Ryder Cup.
If players do not disclose their intentions with the DP World Tour and choose to play for LIV Golf in 2027, that would reportedly be grounds for immediate termination of one's membership.
Numerous players,
like Jon Rahm, Sergio Garcia, David Puig and Adrian Meronk, are among the European contingent who have decided to not compete for the league moving forward. LIV players have an Oct. 25 deadline to commit to the league's future, a date which BC Partners, which is expected to finance LIV 2.0, extended last week. BC Partners has committed $300 million to LIV 2.0, though that money is contingent on retaining a certain percentage of players.
But with the DP World Tour's decision, it could mean another wave of players deciding to not compete in 2027 for LIV Golf, further putting into question whether the league will continue to exist. LIV filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last month and has been in involved in numerous court hearings in recent weeks.
Tyrrell Hatton and Rahm were the only LIV players on the 2025 Euro Ryder Cup team. Hatton has not publicly announced his intentions for 2027, though he dismissed his actions following the season-ending event in Indiana earlier this year that suggested he was on his way out.
Players have until Nov. 16 to commit to the DP World Tour for the 2027 season. The change was reportedly surrounding LIV offering players equity in the next iteration of the league.
Richard Bland and Cameron Tringale are the only two players who have publicly committed to LIV 2.0. Others, like Cameron Smith, Joaquin Niemann and many more, have expressed they wanted more clarification about the league's future before deciding where to play next year.
But with the DP World Tour's choice, those with Ryder Cup hopes and others who want to have another play to play outside of LIV Golf will now have to make a choice about what's best for their golfing future.
Cameron Jourdan is an assistant editor of Golfweek, covering college and amateur golf, the PGA Tour and plenty more. Follow Cameron on X/Twitter (@Cam_Jourdan) or Instagram (@GolfweekJourdan).
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