Sir Nick Faldo says LIV golfers seeking a return to the DP World Tour may have to "eat a bit of humble pie" before regaining eligibility. The 2026 LIV season ended last Sunday in Indianapolis after the cancellation of the Team Championship. Tyrrell Hatton, Tom Mc Kibbin and Adrian Meronk are competing at the Husqvarna British Masters starting Thursday.

Faldo is promoting the Belfry tournament while LIV boss Scott O'Neel seeks $350m (£258m) investment to keep the league operating. "I'm hearing there are more players wanting to leave LIV than want to stay," Faldo told BBC Sport. "So it doesn't sound good for them for the future." Hatton, Mc Kibbin and Meronk are able to compete as DP World Tour members after accepting a deal allowing them to play both tours without sanction this year. For his walk-on music at Indianapolis, Hatton chose Queen's I Want to Break Free, a signal he wants to leave the 2022-founded tour. Two-time major champion Jon Rahm also has exemptions qualifying him for the tour should he quit LIV.

However, Faldo insists it should not be overly easy for LIV players to walk straight back onto the DP World Tour. "How do they actually give them a route back?" Faldo added. "You know, given the way they've disrupted - go and start again. Go back to tour school." Hey, you might have to eat a bit of humble pie and say, well, I want to be a proper golfer again, and so I've got to start back where I'm meant to be and I'll work my way up the good old way with my skills and my scoring.".