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The PGA Tour has confirmed that there will be no sanctions handed out to members who opted to competed in LIV Golf Promotions last month.
LIV hosted their first-ever Q-School event in December, with three places on offer for the 2024 season. After four rounds across three days, it was Kalle Samooja who came out on top, and he was then joined by Jinichiro Kozuma and Kieran Vincent via a playoff.
Heading into the event it remained unknown as to who from the PGA Tour was going to commit to competing, with the American-based circuit previously banning any player who made the switch to LIV Golf.
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In late November, it appeared the Tour had softened their stance towards the breakaway circuit though, with a PGA Tour spokesperson revealing that its members would be able to compete in the event without sanction due to it being an 'unauthorised tournament'.
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Numerous reports then claimed that the Tour was in fact poised to inflict punishments to those who opted to enter the Q-School event, in a dramatic u-turn. A number of big names opted to take the risk, including major champion Jason Dufner, and former Ryder Cup star Jeff Overton.
Just over a month later though, the PGA Tour has now informed Mirror Sport that no sanctions have been handed to those who entered LIV Promotions due to the Q-School nature of the event. The decision comes with one of the LIV hopefuls in Martin Trainer back in Tour action this week.
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Martin Trainer returns to the PGA Tour this weekTrainer came within three shots of earning a place on the LIV circuit for 2024, finishing the week in a tie for seventh. He has since turned his attention back to Q-School, this time on the PGA Tour, and had more luck this time around after earning a spot at this week's Sony Open.
The 32-year-old banked his place in the second Tour event of the year via Monday Q-School, and will be joined by Parker Coody, Norman Xiong and Robert Streb in Hawaii. On the back of his LIV appearance last month, Tranier admitted that whilst he was confident he would not be suspended by the Tour, he was concerned that a financial penalty may come his way.
"We’ll see what happens. They might fine me," he told Golfweek in December. "It was a strange situation because I was trying to keep my card and then I didn’t and weighing options, and so that’s how I got stuck in that pickle. I don’t think it will be a suspension, probably a fine.”