Rory McIlroy is all for Brooks Koepka competing with Team USA in the Ryder Cup this fall.
Even though he's with LIV Golf now, McIlroy feels Koepka has more than earned a spot on the team — especially after his runner-up finish at the Masters and his"I certainly think Brooks deserves to be on the United States team," McIlroy said Wednesday ahead of The Memorial Tournament."I think with how he's played, I mean, he's second in the U.S. standings, only played two counting events.
"But I have different feelings about the European team and the other side and sort of how that has all transpired and, yeah, I don't think any of those guys should be a part of the European team.", which marked his fifth major championship. But since he will only compete in two more events that accumulate points in those standings — the U.S. Open and the British Open — Koepka may end up falling out of the automatic qualifier spots.
Koepka has said that he'd love to play on the team, but that he knows the decision isn't up to him. That's team captain Zach Johnson's job, whoWhile McIlroy’s stance may sound a bit hypocritical on its surface, it makes sense considering how the European LIV Golf members — especially Sergio Garcia — have acted since leaving for the controversial Saudi Arabian-backed venture.
In order for European golfers to be considered, they have to be part of the DP World Tour. Garcia, along with Lee Westwood and Ian Poulter, among others, all
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