LIV Golf rebels handed February date for decision over DP World Tour future

A five-day February hearing will decide the fate of the rebels

REBEL: Ian Poulter. Photo by Eóin Noonan/Sportsfile

D-day for members of the DP World Tour, formerly the European Tour, who are seeking clearance to continue to play in that environment despite joining LIV Golf, will arrive in early February.

Last month an arbitration judge placed a pause on sanctions – a suspension plus £100,000 fine – against golfers including the Ryder Cup stars Ian Poulter, Lee Westwood, Sergio García and Graeme McDowell who featured on the LIV platform without being cleared to do so by the DP World Tour. Poulter, Justin Harding and Adrian Otaegui had fronted that legal challenge.