With LIV Golf continuing to poach players for its startup league, the PGA Tour announced Tuesday that it was strengthening its strategic alliance with the DP World Tour, a move that will create a direct pathway to the Tour and increase purses across the pond.
It’s part of a 13-year operational partnership that was unveiled Tuesday afternoon, perhaps coincidentally while the opening press conferences at LIV’s first U.S.-based event were just underway at Pumpkin Ridge. A handful of former Tour headliners are debuting in the second LIV tournament, a group that includes household names like Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka, but also 2021 WGC winner Abraham Ancer and No.