• Rory McIlroy says the field for the opening LIV Golf Invitational Series occasion contrasted with line-ups on the PGA Tour.
• Dustin Johnson, Sergio Garcia, Lee Westwood, Louis Oosthuizen and Ian Poulter are among the 42 players affirmed to partake in the following week’s Saudi-supported occasion in Hertfordshire.
• McIlroy said there were”couple of surprises in there” when gotten some information about the opposition in front of his appearance at the PGA Tour’s Memorial Tournament in Ohio this week.

The debut LIV Golf Invitational Series occasion at Centurion Club brags an award store £20m, with £3m granted to the champ. McIlroy figures out individuals, particularly more established golf players, playing for cash yet says that is no more “something that I would do”.

The four-time major winner said: “I certainly don’t think the field is anything to jump up and down about.

“Look at the field this week [at the Memorial Tournament]. Look at the field next week in Canada. They are proper golf tournaments.

“I have some very close friends that are playing in this event and I certainly wouldn’t want to stand in their way for them to do what they feel is right for themselves.

“It’s certainly not something I would do personally. But I certainly understand why some of the guys have gone.

“When I turned pro, I was playing for money. All I wanted to do was get my tour card and make a living playing golf. You need a job and you need to make money to buy yourself a house.

“Do I play golf for money now? No. My situation has changed over the years. But when I started playing the game professionally, yeah, money was at the top of the list.

“Some guys are in a position where they are not guaranteed a job next year. It’s hard to stay in the top 125, especially when you’re in your 40s and maybe don’t hit the ball as far as you’ve used to. As we’ve seen, it’s a young man’s game nowadays.

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“So if another entity comes along and says, ‘we’ll guarantee you this amount for three years’, plus you’re playing for a ton more prize money, you’re playing fewer events and you can spend more time with your family it’s very appealing to some of those guys that are in that position.

“Again, I’m not in that position, and it’s not something that I would do. But you have to try to put yourself in other people’s shoes and see where they are coming from.”

The LIV Golf occasion in Hertfordshire between June 9 and 11 conflicts with the PGA Tour’s Canadian Open, which was won by McIlroy when it was recently arranged in 2019.

The PGA and DP World Tours have dismissed demands from players to contend at Centurion Club and golf players who truly do component could confront boycotts.

At the point when found out if the PGA Tour ought to “drop the mallet” as far as extreme disciplines, McIlroy said: “I surely don’t figure they ought to.

“See, they are on solid ground to uphold the principles and guidelines that have been set. Be that as it may, there will turn out to be a contention about what those standards and guidelines are.”