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On the sidelines of the BMW Championship, which begins this Thursday at Bellerive Country Club in Missouri, Rory McIlroy harshly criticized the LIV stars who are hoping for a return to the PGA Tour. The world number two doesn’t seem to want them back on the American circuit, a sign that they haven’t been able to add value to their already struggling league.

While LIV is in Indianapolis this week for a premature end to its season, Rory McIlroy will be teeing off this Thursday at the BMW Championship in St. Louis, aiming to turn things around after a difficult start to the FedEx Cup playoffs.

However, the golf world’s attention is largely focused on the Chatham Hills course, where LIV players are waiting to learn the fate of the breakaway league, which will be without the support of the Saudi Public Investment Fund next season.

The league is working on a revamped version of «LIV 2.0,» a model with a lighter schedule and reduced funding. However, the support of a potential «lead investor,» which LIV claims to have secured to the tune of €250 million, could depend on the commitment of its most prominent players, notably Bryson DeChambeau and Jon Rahm.

Like Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy might consider a reunification at some point, even though he gave a more definitive opinion this Wednesday when asked what added value these players would bring to the PGA Tour…

«I would say rather: have they added value to LIV?» McIlroy replied bluntly. «I think the PGA Tour is doing very well…» Without them?

It’s worth noting that Brooks Koepka found a way to rejoin the PGA Tour through a return-to-play program at the start of the season, also available to Jon Rahm, Bryson DeChambeau, and Cameron Smith. The trio remained loyal to LIV, and Rory McIlroy believes it’s too late for such an easy return.

«I’m not involved in those discussions, but I’m pretty sure that if they come back, they won’t be welcomed with open arms,» ​​he added on the eve of the BMW Championship, where he hopes to improve on his 66th-place finish last week at the FedEx St. Jude Championship.

«If they had been offered the comeback program in February, the one Brooks accepted, maybe… but that’s in the past. I believe it was said at the time that the offer they might get afterward, if they decide to come back, wouldn’t be as advantageous as the one offered to Brooks. I would say that their path back to the PGA Tour will be fraught with obstacles.» “

And when asked if the PGA Tour could have done better when LIV was introduced, his answer is straightforward…

“Of course, but I think it certainly deserved a simple discussion instead of upending the entire professional golf industry and turning everything upside down. You know, I don’t get any personal satisfaction from seeing people lose their jobs. It’s not right. But I’m convinced that if the PGA Tour had received $6 billion, it would have done a better job.”