17 players, including Sergio Garcia, Ian Poulter and Lee Westwood, were fined $126,000 each, a penalty imposed in July 2022 and upheld last month by an independent UK-based panel of sports rulings.

"The DP World Tour confirmed today that 16 of the 17 players have paid their fines which were imposed for serious breaches of the Tour's Conflict Tournament Regulations last June," the DP World Tour said in a statement on Thursday.

"Sergio Garcia has not paid his £100,000 fine, nor has he given any indication that he intends to. We will therefore take appropriate action if he continues to fail to respect the Sporting Rulings panel's decision," the statement said.

García did not want to comment on it. The circuit added that next week it will announce new sanctions for players who break the regulations. Garcia, the 2017 Masters champion, along with Poulter, Westwood and Richard Bland relinquished their DP World Tour memberships on Wednesday, making them ineligible for this year's Ryder Cup.

Sergio García Fernández (Castellón de la Plana, January 9, 1980) is a Spanish golfer. He is nicknamed El Niño (the child). A professional since 1999, he is a member of the PGA Tour and the European Tour.

After his victory at the 2008 HSBC Champions he reached the position of No. 2 in the world behind Tiger Woods, and is currently No. 128 in the world. In 2016 he managed to cap his ninth victory on the PGA Tour, winning the AT & T Byron Nelson.

In 2017 he won the Augusta Masters after an extraordinary duel with the Englishman Justin Rose, which ended in a playoff.