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LIV accuses DP World Tour of player 'interference'
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Image caption: LIV Golf is currently part of a court-supervised restructuring process
By Laura Scott and Mike Peter, BBC Sport journalists
Published 8 hours ago
LIV Golf has accused the DP World Tour of a "clear attempt to interfere" with its restructuring process, after the European tour said it would refuse membership to anyone playing on the breakaway circuit next season.
During a court hearing on Wednesday, attorney Rob Fitzgerald of Gibson Dunn, representing LIV, expressed concern about the DP World Tour's stance.
"We're continuing to monitor this situation very closely and we're quite concerned by it frankly," Fitzgerald said.
"The timing in particular strikes us as a clear attempt to interfere with our process with our players... and potentially our reorganisation writ large."
DP World Tour declined to comment on Fitzgerald's remarks but CEO Guy Kinnings told BBC Sport on Monday that players needed to make a choice.
Previously, conditional releases allowed top players like Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton to play on both the DP World Tour and LIV.
"Player freedom is the reason LIV Golf was created," Fitzgerald added, "and it's the foundation of LIV 2.0, a league built around its players."
Judge Michael B. Kaplan, overseeing proceedings in the New Jersey Bankruptcy Court, expressed concerns about the comments.
Fitzgerald said the timeline for LIV 2.0's creation involved structural aspects, including investment from BC Partners and securing a "sufficient number of players" by the end of the month.
He added that decisions on payments to host sites and other parties would soon need to be made.