DP World Tour set to stop LIV Golf rebels from playing at the Scottish Open

The DP World Tour will prevent LIV Golf rebels from playing at this year’s Scottish Open.

The event, which takes place at the Renaissance Club in East Lothian and boasts £6.5million in prize money, gets underway on 7 July.

Acting as a warm-up tournament to the Open Championship, the North Berwick course regularly attracts PGA Tour stars preparing for a tilt at the Claret Jug.

However, according to The Guardian, the DP World Tour are planning to exclude LIV Golf stars from entering the event as part of a raft of sanctions being drawn up.

Earlier this month, the PGA Tour suspended 17 of its members for playing at the breakaway tour’s opener at the Centurion Club in Hertfordshire and have warned of the same punishment for future defectors.

In contrast, the DP World Tour have yet to officially announce their position despite having recently signed a partnership with their PGA equivalent which will see the Scottish Open offer ranking points on both tours.

It’s possible the DP World Tour could use their role as Europe’s Ryder Cup organisers to stop LIV Golf rebels from featuring in the biennial contest.

The Scottish Open is set to host a number of top players this year including Justin Thomas, Jon Rahm, Justin Rose and Collin Morikawa.

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Speaking in St Albans earlier this month, Ian Poulter – who has signed up to the rebel series – urged the DP World Tour not to punish stars for crossing golf’s new divide.

He said: ‘We’ve played on the European Tour in Saudi Arabia over a number of years and the event has been a big event, it’s had a