DORAL, Fla. – On paper, the schism caused by LIV Golf and the avalanche of suspensions and lawsuits that followed will hit next year’s European Ryder Cup team particularly hard.
Five players from the 2021 team have joined LIV – including European staples Sergio Garcia, Ian Poulter and Lee Westwood – along with Henrik Stenson, who had his captaincy of next year’s team taken from him when he joined the Saudi-backed league.
Rory McIlroy, the most outspoken advocate for the PGA Tour, added to that divide with comments this week to The Guardian: “I think it is the first time in my life that I have felt betrayal, in a way,” he said.