Rory McIlroy takes another swing at LIV Golf defectors, saying they cannot ‘have their cake and eat it’
- One of the more vocal supporters of the PGA Tour, McIlroy insisted players should have to live with the consequences if they sign with the breakaway competition
- ‘If you go over and play on a different tour, then go over and play on a different tour,’ McIlroy says. ‘Don’t try and come back and play over here again’
Rory McIlroy believes players who have joined the LIV Golf Invitational Series should not be “having their cake and eating it” by being eligible to compete on other tours.
On Monday, Ian Poulter was informed he could play at this week’s Scottish Open after an appeal against his ban was upheld, despite the DP World Tour barring him from playing.
Poulter was also one of several high-profile players to have been indefinitely suspended by the PGA Tour by signing up with LIV Golf.
One of the more vocal supporters of the PGA Tour, McIlroy insisted players should have to live with the consequences of choices to earn more money if they do sign with the breakaway competition.
“I think at this stage, if you go over and play on a different tour, then go over and play on a different tour,” he said.
“You’re sort of basically leaving all your peers behind to go make more money, which is fine. But just go over there. Don’t try and come back and play over here again.
“This whole having your cake and eating it type thing is what the resentment [stems from] within the membership.”
