Tom McKibbin is one of eight LIV Golf players to have been granted conditional releases by the DP World Tour to play in conflicting tournaments on the Saudi backed tour during the 2026 season.
McKibbin joined LIV Golf last year but has also maintained his DP World Tour membership in that time, posting four top-11 finishes while he also won the Asian Tour’s Hong Kong Open to book a spot in this year’s Masters and Open Championship.
The 23-year-old also broke back into the top-100 in the Official World Golf Ranking last year and currently sits at 85th. Although he is yet to win any ranking points in the opening two LIV events of this season.
Tyrrell Hatton was also listed among the eight players granted conditional release but his reliable partner in Ryder Cup crime Jon Rahm’s name did not appear casting huge doubt over his future in the biennial contest ahead of Adare Manor next year.
The DP World Tour statement can be read below:
The DP World Tour has granted conditional releases to eight members to play in conflicting tournaments on LIV Golf during the 2026 season.
Each member has accepted the conditions specified by the DP World Tour for their release, which include:
- Payment in full of all outstanding fines for breaches of the DP World Tour’s Regulations.
- Participation in additional stipulated DP World Tour tournaments, as well as associated media activity and promotion.
- Withdrawal of all pending appeals.
The members who have been granted conditional releases are: Laurie Canter, Thomas Detry, Tyrrell Hatton, Tom McKibbin, Adrian Meronk, Victor Perez, David Puig and Elvis Smylie.
The conditions these members have accepted will provide additional value to the DP World Tour and benefit to the entire membership. Provided each member satisfies the conditions of their individual releases, no disciplinary action under the Regulations will be taken against them for playing in conflicting tournaments on LIV Golf in 2026 and they will retain their membership status.
The releases apply for the 2026 season only and they are not precedent-setting. Requests for releases will continue to be considered on their individual merits in accordance with the Regulations that all members agree to abide by.
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