Several LIV golfers have reinstated their membership in the DP World Tour for the 2025 season. The Saudi Circuit players are banned from competing on the PGA Tour while they were fined on the European Tour for joining the breakaway series.
A few of the LIV golfers have finally reinstated their membership of the European Circuit for the upcoming season. This includes the names of some big stars, including Sergio Garcia and Jon Rahm. Below are the top 7 golfers returning to the DP World Tour in 2025.
Rahm competed on the DP World Tour in 2024 and has regained his membership for the upcoming season. He had played in four DP World Tour events this year, including the Paris Olympics, which is also counted as one of the events on the circuit.
He recorded some decent finishes, including runner-up at the Open de España, T7 at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, and sixth at the Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters.
Sergio Garcia was among the golfers who resigned from the DP World Tour after the circuit imposed fines on the LIV golfers. However, he has rejoined the series for the 2025 season.
As Garcia was not a member of the DP World Tour this year, he did not play in any of the European Tour events and has limited his golf outings to the Saudi Circuit and two Majors. Some of his good finishes this season are T12 at the US Open, winning the LIV Golf Andalucía event, and runner-up at the Mayakoba, Miami, and Chicago events on the Saudi Circuit.
Tyrrell Hatton wrapped up the 2024 European Tour at the season-ending DP World Tour Championship, finishing in sixth place. He had a successful season on the circuit this year and will be back in 2025. The Englishman won the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship and was runner-up at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship on the DP World Tour in 2024.
Adrian Meronk was among the four golfers who qualified the DP World Tour Championship on the European Circuit in 2024 and he will also be back to play on the circuit the following year. He finished second in the Hero Dubai Desert Classic; was an eighth-place solo finisher in the ISPS Handa Australian Open as well as finished tenth in the Dubai Invitational on the DP World Tour season 2023-2024.
During the 2023-24 season on the DP World Tour Dean Burmester was on fantastic form. They include the Joburg Open and the Investec SA Open Championship; he will be back in the circuit next year 2025. His other good finishes on the circuit were T12 on the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship and T44 on the Alfred Dunhill Championship.
Joaquin Niemann had a very succesful year in LIV Golf but also in DP World Tour. He will also be back in 2025. During Saudi Circuit, he triumphed in Mayakoba event – the first event of the season- and the Jeddah event. On the DP World Tour, he recorded successes at the ISPS Handa Australian Open and ended the year with another T7 at the DP World Tour Championship.
Patrick Reed will also be back into the DP World Tour in 2025. Despite having only joined the circuit this season, he competed in four events and achieved some reasonable performances, the best being at the Open de España where he finished a tie for the tenth position. He scored T13 at BMW International Open and T29 Italian Open respectively. He also competed at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship and finished with a T35.