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The tone was set for the DP World Tour’s flagship week at a fiery AGM on Monday morning when the LIV rebels – including Lee Westwood, Ian Poulter and Sergio García – questioned chief executive Keith Pelley.
Eighteen players from the Saudi-funded series will play in this week’s BMW PGA Championship at the West Course and, despite it not beginning until Thursday, have already made their presence felt.
As Telegraph Sport revealed last week, the Tour anticipated uncomfortable scenes as LIV Golf chartered a plane to fly through the night from Boston to ensure that its golfers would be at the Wentworth clubhouse in time for the meeting.
Play did not finish at The International until just before midnight UK time – with Dustin Johnson holing out from 40 feet for an eagle to take the $4 million first prize and Westwood collecting more than $1m in fourth – but there they were in Surrey just over 10 hours later.
Westwood, García, Poulter and others all challenged Pelley to reveal details of “the strategic alliance” with the PGA Tour, as well as issues such as potential sanctions coming the LIV players’ way after the US circuit issued indefinite bans.
However, Pelley was able to protect himself with the court case that takes place in February, in which the renegades will seek to overturn the $100,000 fines and suspensions given out by the DP World Tour – formerly the European Tour in June.
“KP batted well,” one Tour player told Telegraph Sport. “He stuck his ground and handled it with aplomb. However a LIV player had a different interpretation of the proceedings.
“We didn’t get in as many questions as we wanted and Keith just kept replying that ‘we’re in the middle of an ongoing legal case, so I can’t give you an answer’,” the player told Telegraph Sport. “He also said that the DP World Tour was a pathway to the PGA Tour, but wouldn’t say…
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