Tom McKibbin is amongst eight DP World Tour members who’ve been granted permission to play in conflicting LIV Golf tournaments.
Northern Eire’s McKibbin, alongside Tyrell Hatton, Laurie Canter, Thomas Detry, Adrian Meronk, Victor Perez, David Puig and Elvis Smylie, have all been given conditional releases for the 2026 season solely.
In a press release, the DP World Tour stated that every member has accepted situations to permit their launch, which embrace “cost in filled with all excellent fines for breaches of the DP World Tour’s laws” in addition to “participation in extra stipulated DP World Tour tournaments, related media exercise and promotion” and “withdrawal of all pending appeals”.
“The situations these members have accepted will present extra worth to the DP World Tour and profit to your complete membership,” the assertion continued.
“Offered every member satisfies the situations of their particular person releases, no disciplinary motion beneath the laws will likely be taken in opposition to them for enjoying in conflicting tournaments on LIV Golf in 2026 and they’ll retain their membership standing.”
The DP World Tour added that the releases are “not precedent-setting” and additional requests for releases by different members will likely be “thought of on their particular person deserves in accordance with the laws that each one members conform to abide by”.
Disciplinary motion will proceed to be taken by the DP World Tour in opposition to members who compete in conflicting LIV occasions with out a launch.
McKibbin joined Jon Rahm’s LIV Golf crew for 2025 and claimed victory on the Hong Kong Open in November to qualify for the Masters for the primary time and safe his place for The Open.
