DP World Tour Chief: LIV Wanted to "Destroy Us" and Returnees Must Prove It

DP World Tour chief executive Guy Kinnings has made clear that the door back from LIV Golf will not simply swing open, telling The Scotsman that returning players must prove themselves in the system. Kinnings said the tour has to protect itself against an entity which, he said, spent more than seven billion dollars with one of its aims being to destroy the DP World Tour. The comments come as LIV's future hangs in doubt, with Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund having cut off financial backing and a potential new-look circuit trying to navigate bankruptcy proceedings while onboarding a new financial backer. The uncertainty has already pushed some LIV players to seek a return to the PGA Tour or the DP World Tour, but Kinnings argued that prize funds under LIV were taken to an artificially high level on the back of an unsustainable model. Regardless of who the players are, he said, they have got to prove themselves in the system. Kinnings also said the DP World Tour remains committed to extending its partnership with the PGA Tour, describing the relationship as positive and saying he has every confidence a deal will be done with PGA Tour chief executive Brian Rolapp.