LIV Golf players avoid immediate bans from DP World Tour

The DP World Tour has broken its silence regarding the LIV Golf Invitational Series, although has yet to decide how to punish players who played in the Saudi-backed event without a release.

DP World Tour players were previously warned they wouldn't be granted permission to compete in the Asian Tour's International Series event in England or the LIV Golf series event at the Centurion Club, although several of their members breached that regulation.

PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan indefinitely suspended its members who played the first Greg Norman-fronted tournament last week, while the DP World Tour didn't publicly confirm its stance until chief executive Keith Pelley sent a letter to all their members on Tuesday.

The lengthy memo indicated that the "complexity" of the DP World Tour's situation meant no official decision had been made, although Pelley confirmed that it will be revealed on June 23 how players who violated their policies would be handled.

Pelley's letter read: "Over the past two weeks, in discussion with many of you at our tournaments in Germany and Sweden, I have been asked countless times to give an update on our position in relation to our members who chose to play in both the Asian Tour event at Slaley Hall from June 2-5 and last week's LIV Golf event at the Centurion Club without releases.

"Before I comment on that, let me remind you of a few facts. During the week commencing May 23, 2022, I wrote individually to all the players who submitted release requests for each tournament.

"In those letters, I informed them that if they were above the cut-off line at close of entries for our tournaments scheduled in the same weeks, we would refuse their requests for a release or releases to play in these