Former Open champion Cameron Smith is returning home to Australia to compete in several tournaments during LIV Golf' off-season, one of which is a DP World Tour event.

The Saudi-backed circuit wanted to lift sanctions for Jon Rahm and others, allowing them to play on the DP World Tour, along with other concessions. But as Bob Harig explains, the DPWT's alliance with the PGA Tour is taking precedence.

In an attempt to allow its players to compete on the DP World Tour, the LIV Golf League tried to negotiate a deal to pay players' fines while offering other monetary payouts and concessions from the league,

LIV Golf's attempt to strike a deal with the DP World Tour and 'wipe out penalties' for the likes of Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton has been rejected, per Sports Illustrated.

LIV Golf attempted to strike a deal with the DP World Tour over fines Jon Rahm faces for skipping events in favor of LIV, but the World Tour turned it down.

LIV Golf reportedly made an offer to the DP World Tour in August in a bid to settle the ongoing dispute between the two rival circuits and allow their players back

Jon Rahm looks increasingly unlikely to line up on Team Europe at the next Ryder Cup as he refuses to settle his DP World Tour fines.

Bob Harig of Sports Illustrated has reported that officials from the circuits met in August, but LIV Golf's proposal was rejected by the DP World Tour