Lee Westwood expects the PGA Tour to play hardball with Europe's circuit now that LIV has crumbled, and he is worried about what comes next.
Lee Westwood is sounding the alarm for European golf. The former world number one believes the PGA Tour will take a hard line with the DP World Tour now that LIV is gone, and he is concerned about where that leaves the continent's flagship circuit.
Westwood's logic is simple: leverage. While LIV was a rival force, the established tours had to think carefully about how they treated each other. With that pressure removed, he expects the PGA Tour to negotiate from a position of strength and to "play hardball" over the future of the relationship.
That matters because the DP World Tour has leaned on its partnership with the American circuit in recent years. The tie-up has helped with playing opportunities, commercial muscle and a clearer route for ambitious players. If the balance of power shifts firmly across the Atlantic, Europe could find itself with less say over its own schedule and structure.
Westwood knows the landscape from the inside, having been one of the biggest names in the sport through the era of the breakaway league. His warning is a reminder that the end of one fight in golf's civil war can open the door to another, and the DP World Tour may be the one with the most to lose.
