Former LIV golfer Bernd Wiesberger claims he has been “banned” from two events on the DP World Tour calendar this season by the PGA Tour – despite never holding membership on the US-based circuit.
Austria’s most successful golfer began his career on the DP World Tour in 2009 and went on to win eight titles between 2012 and 2021 – teeing it up in PGA Tour-sanctioned events 68 times across 11 years.
In 2022, less than a year after playing for Team Europe at the Ryder Cup, Wiesberger opted to sign for the LIV Golf League and featured in its first two years of existence before losing his contract with Martin Kaymer’s Cleeks.
Upon paying all fines and fulfilling his sporting sanctions with the DP World Tour, Wiesberger was then allowed to make his return to Europe after revealing he never gave up his membership in the first place.
On X, he said: “I never resigned my membership and therefore I am grateful for the opportunity to be able to play a full schedule [on the DP World Tour] once again.”
Same here. Just received a letter by the pgat banning me from playing the isco and barracuda. Never been a member either. Who knows what’s going on over there… https://t.co/XkCvcJMh1jJune 7, 2024
Since coming back to the DP World Tour, Wiesberger has shown impressive consistency – bagging seven top-25 finishes from nine starts and picking up a T2 at the European Open last time out.
But his plans to play in two events this July which are run by the PGA Tour yet also feature on the DP World Tour calendar will have to be shelved as a result of his former association with LIV.
Wiesberger published a post on X which said: “Same here. Just received a letter by the pgat banning me from playing the isco [newly-sponsored ISCO Championship] and barracuda [championship]. Never been a member either. Who knows what’s going on over there…”
The 38-year-old’s post was in response to comments by current LIV co-captain, Henrik Stenson – who was speaking to The Mirror – in relation to the on-going divide in men’s pro golf a year on from the framework agreement.
Stenson said: “I think that officially when the framework agreement came in place it was supposed be a truce. Then when Richard Bland won the Senior PGA a week ago he found on social media that ‘well you aren’t going to get any starts on the…
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