\t\t\t\tAs LIV Golf stars begin to flock to the DP World Tour, some of the circuit\u2019s prominent players are making their feelings clear\u2026<\/p>\n
Among the many consequences of the ongoing exodus at LIV Golf is the sense of resentment that will soon linger on driving ranges across Europe. <\/p>\n
As LIV stars finalise plans to use the DP World Tour as a landing ground after declining the chance to help relaunch the next iteration of the beleaguered league, the circuit\u2019s current membership are beginning to voice their frustrations.<\/p>\n
\u201cFour years ago they didn\u2019t give a s**t about the DP World Tour,\u201d six-time winner Joost Luiten told TG earlier this month<\/a>. \u201cThey made a decision to go after the money. And now all of a sudden, the money is gone and they want to come back and act like nothing happened. I don\u2019t think that\u2019s right.\u201d<\/p>\n Luiten\u2019s sentiment is shared by some of his fellow members.<\/p>\n Ewen Ferguson\u2019s ire lies with the players who apparently showed no contrition or gratitude to his circuit when signing for the breakaway league.<\/p>\n \u201cI have to say, some of the Liv players coming back to play DP is actually cool as some really good players,\u201d the three-time DP World Tour champion wrote on X<\/a>, \u201cbut hilarious how some of them slammed the tour for so long, not one good thing to say about it, now it\u2019s the best thing since sliced bread and feels like coming home.\u201d<\/p>\n Richard Mansell, another DP World Tour winner, concurs.<\/p>\n \u201cSpot on my mate,\u201d he wrote. \u201cI haven\u2019t been around the tour a lot this year and when I have since coming back from injury my golf hasn\u2019t been where I want it so I don\u2019t want to say too much. However, things are going to look different in 2027. Some should be allowed back and some shouldn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n It\u2019s an interesting position the @DPWorldTour<\/a> finds itself in. Caught between needing \u201cnames\u201d at those times of year when they don\u2019t get strong fields(Jan-June) Giving invites to people who have shown no interest in the tour other than now when they\u2019ve nowhere else to play. And\u2026<\/p>\n \u2014 Lee Westwood (@WestwoodLee) October 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Three-time winner Marco Penge added: \u201cWell said, it\u2019s pretty simple. I think the reason for leaving the DP World Tour to go to LIV kind of speaks for itself.\u201d<\/p>\n The complexities of the subject of LIV players seeking arrangements with Wentworth officials was brought into sharp focus by Eddie Pepperell last week. The Englishman, one of several prominent names to lose his full DP World Tour card<\/a> after the Genesis Championship in Korea, wrote a thoughtful column about the issue for The Chipping Forecast<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cAs someone who has gone through the wringer this game provides, and who has gone back to Q School and had two immensely divergent experiences, betrayal feels like the right word,\u201d Pepperell wrote.\u00a0 \u201cAnd unfortunately loss of respect, resentment and contempt. I don\u2019t want to feel resentment or contempt towards the DPWT, but I\u2019m afraid it is an inevitability and I most probably won\u2019t be the only one.\u201d<\/p>\n Lee Westwood has yet to publicly declare his intentions for next season, but would be free to join the DP World Tour next season based on an exemption category after settling fines with his old domain. <\/p>\n Westwood weighed on X, arguing the DP World Tour finds itself in an \u201cinteresting position\u201d and is \u201ccaught between needing \u2018names\u2019 at those times of year when they don\u2019t get strong fields [in] January to June, giving invites to people who have shown no interest in the tour other than now when they\u2019ve nowhere else to play, and keeping the members happy that support the tour at the smaller events and the lads that have gone through all the qualifying stages.<\/p>\n \u201cAnyone with an exemption should be free to come back because as we know the DPWT endorses members going to another rival tour and already have 10 cards for it but if people don\u2019t have an exemption they should have to go through the school like everyone else.\u201d<\/p>\n