PGA Tour players could opt to take the "nuclear option" and boycott events if LIV Golf defectors successfully challenge their suspensions, former Ryder Cup captain Davis Love III has warned.
The lucrative and incredibly controversial series is funded by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund and it has divided golf, leaving the PGA and DP World Tours fractured after the new series poached some of the sports biggest names. Several of the world’s most prominent players have decided to switch to LIV Golf, including the likes of Phil Mickelson, Brooks Koepka, and Dustin Johnson.
Players who have joined the LIV Golf series - bankrolled by a Saudi Arabian regime, with the country known for its human rights issues - were handed immediate and indefinite bans from the PGA Tour. The DP World Tour issued fines of £100,000 each for players who played in first LIV event, as well as banning them from July's Scottish Open, but won a court battle to get the punishments temporarily delayed.
