Brooks Koepka is to play in the second LIV Invitational event in Oregon next week. As a result, the PGA Tour is set to ban the four-time major winner
Rory McIlroy has labelled the players who have joined theBrooks Koepka, the four-time major winner whose brother Chase played in the opening event at Centurion Club in Hertfordshire this month, has signed up to the Saudi-backed invitational events. LIV Golf confirmed Koepka will play in the second 54-hole, 48-man tournament, which has a prize fund of $25m , in Portland, Oregon next week.
Asked whether he was surprised by Koepka’s decision, McIlroy, who is on the PGA Tour’s player advisory council, said: “Am I surprised? Yes, because of what he said previously. “I think that’s why I’m surprised at a lot of these guys because they say one thing and then they do another and I don’t understand.
“I don’t know if that’s for legal reasons or if they can’t – I have no idea – but it’s pretty duplicitous on their part to say one thing and then do another thing. In public and in private.”Download the Guardian app from the iOS App Store on iPhones or the Google Play store on Android phones by searching for 'The Guardian'.In the Guardian app, tap the yellow button at the bottom right, then go to Settings , then Notifications.
“I got a night in my own bed down in Florida on Monday, which was really nice, but I came back up here yesterday and played the pro-am today. I must say yesterday my head hit the pillow and I was out so after sitting through a five-hour board meeting [with Tour officials] and trying to get through some of these issues.”
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