DP World Tour responds to threat of legal action by LIV Golf players

By Homero de la Fuente, CNN

Updated 1441 GMT (2241 HKT) July 1, 2022

ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCH(16 Videos)Phil Mickelson defends joining Saudi-funded LIV GolfHere's what one couple wanted to do with Stanley Cup mistakenly delivered to their houseThis is how athletes used their voices to call for social changeThese NBA stars are hoping to hit the right notes in the wine industryMeet the parkour athletes defying fear and gravity at Red Bull Art of MovementElina Svitolina is on a 'mission' to help war-torn UkrainePatrice Evra: Former France star opens up about sexual abuseFemale amputee athlete runs 104 marathons in 104 daysNicola Spirig: Greatest female triathlete reflects on career after announcing retirementCNN sits down with 2022 US Open winner Matt FitzpatrickUltra runner Ryan Sandes' must-haves for navigating Lesotho'I was close to death,' says former Liverpool star as Paris police response is in the spotlightCliff diver Eleanor Smart wants to clean the world's beaches'Maybe we are alone': Jude Bellingham questions whether authorities 'care' about racist abuse directed at Black footballers'Pathetic!': NBA coach calls out McConnell in wake of school shootingGolden State Warriors' Damion Lee: 'It's easier to get a gun than baby formula'

(CNN)The DP World Tour, formerly the European Tour, has responded to a letter from sixteen LIV Golf series players who are threatening legal action after they were sanctioned for participating in the first event of the controversial Saudi-backed series in London.

In a statement shared with CNN, DP World Tour chief executive Keith Pelley said the letter, which was published in an exclusive report in The Telegraph, contained «so many inaccuracies» that it couldn't remain