KILKENNY, Ireland – The threat of legal action has always been the unspoken backdrop to the ongoing divide in professional golf between the established tours and the startup LIV Golf series, and on Thursday, the game moved a step closer to that litigious reality.
The Telegraph reported Thursday that 16 DP World Tour members who had been fined and barred from playing next week’s Scottish Open sent a letter to the European circuit’s chief executive and other board members warning of a potential lawsuit.
The letter accused the DP World Tour of being “grossly unfair and likely unlawful” in its handling of those members who defied tour regulations and played the first LIV Golf event last month in London.