While the DP World Tour agreed to grant conditional releases with nine players this season, it is understood the change for 2027 is predominantly down to LIV offering players equity in future and a feeling this is incompatible with the European tour being a members organisation.
However, it also comes at a time when the DP World Tour’s strategic alliance with the PGA Tour is being negotiated, so the move likely reflects a desire to put itself in the best position possible in those discussions.
Players will have until 16 November to sign up to the DP World Tour for next year.
Under the terms of its court-supervised restructuring process, LIV Golf needs to sign players up by 25 October.
Ted Goldthorpe, head of BC Partners Credit, told BBC Sport last week he was “confident” LIV would have a “critical mass” of players.
But since then two-time major winner Rahm has said he will not continue playing on the LIV tour.
Lawyers representing a number of other players, including fellow major winners Bryson DeChambeau and Cameron Smith, sought clarification from the court that rejection of contracts would equate to “termination”, enabling players to hold discussions with third parties about their futures.
Richard Bland is currently the only player to have stated publicly a desire to play on LIV 2.0.
However, Perez indicated last month he hoped there would be a future for the league.
