DP World Tour: Richard Bland, Lee Westwood, Sergio Garcia, and Ian Poulter have all resigned from the DP World Tour with immediate effect, disqualifying them from competing in the September Ryder Cup.
Poulter, Garcia, and Westwood were honorary lifetime members prior to their announcement and have participated in 28 Ryder Cup competitions, won more than 50 championships, and played in the competition.
From September 29 to October 1 at the Marco Simone Golf and Country Club outside of Rome.
The DP World Tour penalised Westwood, Poulter, Garcia, and Bland for violating the regulations by participating in the LIV Golf series’ opening tournament in Hemel Hempstead without authorization last year.
“Sergio Garcia, Ian Poulter, Richard Bland, and Lee Westwood, who were reprimanded for egregious infractions of the Tour’s Conflicting Tournament Regulation in June, have resigned from the organisation,” according to a statement released by the DP World Tour today.
“The DP World Tour would like to take this opportunity to thank the four players for their efforts to the Tour, particularly Sergio, Ian, and Lee for their significant contributions to Europe’s long-term Ryder Cup success.
“However, their decisions led to their resignations and the punishments they endured.
“The Tour has a responsibility to its whole membership to manage the member regulations that each player signs up to, as we have constantly stated throughout the past year. These rules are in place to safeguard the common interests of all DP World Tour participants.
“The independent panel constituted by Sport Resolutions recognised this and determined that the application of our Conflicting Tournament Regulation in the circumstances did not go beyond what was necessary and reasonable to the Tour’s ongoing operation as a professional golf tour. They concluded that we had a justified interest in upholding it to safeguard the rights of our whole membership.
“An additional update on other sanctioned members will be provided on Thursday.”
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