Reports: PGA Tour make U-turn on LIV Golf Q-School decision

PGA Tour officials have threatened members with sanctions should they enter LIV Golf's qualifying event, according to reports.

LIV Golf Promotions will offer three spaces for the 2024 season in the three-day, 72 hole qualifier. 

The breakaway tour's version of qualifying school will take place over 8-10 December at Abu Dhabi Golf Club in the United Arab Emirates.

The registration deadline was on 20 November but at the time of writing the full list of players has not been revealed. 

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According to Ryan French, aka @acaseofthegolf1, a major champion, multiple Tour winner and decorated amateurs have signed up. 

FlushingIt further reported that as many as 10 PGA Tour players have expressed an interest in playing. 

French wrote on X: "Among the people signed up for LIV "Q-school" include a Major Champ, multi-time Tour winner, a top 100 player, and some former decorated Ams. (I haven't talked w the players so not naming them) Also hearing the Tour is threatening suspension now if they go, so it might change."

Initially, the PGA Tour appeared to be willing to let members enter LIV Golf Promotions without penalty based on publicly available information. 

A spokesperson for the Tour previously said: "Based on the information publicly available regarding the LIV Golf Promotion event, it is determined to be a qualifying event only and not a part of an unauthorized series.

"Therefore, the LIV Golf Promotion event is not categorized as an unauthorized tournament. This classification is subject to change should the details of the event change."

The decision contrasted with their European counterparts as the DP World Tour threatened their members with sanctions as it conflicts with the Alfred Dunhill Championship in South Africa.

Elsewhere, former European Ryder Cup player Bernd Wiesberger has become the first LIV player to return to the DP World Tour.

His application to be reinstated was given the green light by Tour chief executive Keith Pelley after LIV paid a record $1.5m fine on behalf of the Austrian. 

Wiesberger spent two years with LIV but finished the 2023 campaign as a free agent after a string of poor performances on the course.

I can confirm this. Despite the PGA Tour originally saying just 3 weeks ago they’re allowing members to play the LIV Promotions Event, multiple sources have said they’re now threatening them with sanctions. From conversations with players there are believed to be around 10 PGA… https://t.co/VNZ4A2UbNu

— Flushing It (@flushingitgolf) November 24, 2023

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