The topic of LIV Golf and its players took center stage at the PGA Tour’s pre-tournament press conference ahead of the TOUR Championship. Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan and Vice Chairman Tyler Dennis addressed the issue.
Dennis specifically touched on the subject of existing rules and how they would be applied in case LIV Golf players return to the PGA Tour. The vice president spoke of the well-known one-year ban rule but also mentioned that other “additional guidelines” would apply.Jay Monahan and Tyler Dennis (Image via Imagn).
“Players who have never played on the Tour and have no outstanding connection to previous membership, there is a one-year waiting period between when you play in an unauthorized event and being able to return to the PGA Tour.”
He added:
“Players who are members or were members of the Tour also have all of our tournament regulations and conduct policies applying to them. But there’s an additional set of guidelines to consider.”
Tyler Dennis did not go into detail as to what the “additional set of guidelines” would be. The DP World Tour imposes fines and suspensions on players who do not fulfill their obligations to the tour to play on LIV Golf.Later this week, LIV Golf star Tyrrell Hatton will play in the DP World Tour’s British Masters as he is still an active member on the tour.
Hatton has played the entire season on the breakaway tour and still has two tournaments left, the Individual Championship and the Team Championship.
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