In an Interview with Sports Illustrated, LIV Golf's Ian Poulter said that LIV is indeed paying the fines for LIV players who've been reinstated to the DP World Tour. When asked why Poulter hasn't had LIV pay his fines so that he would be reinstated as a DP World Tour member, Poulter said that he doesn't want anyone to pay the “unjust” fines.

Report: Could LIV Golf and the DP World Tour be in line for a shock collaboration moving forwards, despite Saudi PIF still working on a deal with the PGA Tour?

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) – the backers of LIV – have been locked in protracted negotiations with the PGA and DP World Tours for 18 months in a bid to end the division in the sport. That deal, which had an initial deadline of December 2023, appears to have reached a stalemate.

Officials with the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia continue talking to the PGA Tour but a separate agreement could be struck with the DP World Tour.

A report from Bloomberg suggests LIV Golf is weighing up doing a separate deal with the DP World Tour to help both coexist together

Saudi-backed LIV Golf is considering a potential tie-up with Europe’s DP World Tour that may result in a surprise end to enmity that’s plagued the sport, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

Going back to the earliest days of the concept that would eventually become LIV Golf, there had been talks of the Saudi Public Investment Fund -- the overwhelming owners of LIV Golf -- trying to purchase the DP World Tour and its parent,