Ian Poulter and fellow LIV Golf rebels have lost their case against the DP World Tour in a ruling that could have huge implications for the 2023 Ryder Cup.
The case related back to LIV's inaugural event at the Centurion Club last June, where DP World Tour stars were denied releases to take part because it clashed with their own Scandinavian Mixed event. The players ignored the ruling and were fined £100,000 and suspended for two tournaments.
Initially three defectors, Poulter, Adrian Otaegui and Justin Harding all challenged the decision, with the number of appellants then growing to 16 - but Garcia, Charl Schwartzel, Branden Grace and Otaegui withdrew from the case.
