Jon Rahm slammed some LIV Golf stars for playing in the BMW PGA Championship, accusing them of keeping DP World Tour regulars out of the field.
The former world No.1 highlighted the case of his friend Alfredo Garcia-Heredia, who would have been at Wentworth if not for the 18 rebels.
His fellow Spaniard is 134th on the Race to Dubai, and is fighting to keep his tour card.
Some of the LIV players have devoted years to the DP World Tour, such as Ian Poulter and Lee Westwood. But others, including Abraham Ancer and Talor Gooch have seldom played on the circuit.
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Rahm claimed those players “don’t care” about the tour and are only interested in picking up world ranking points – something they are unable to do on the Saudi-backed breakaway league.
“It does bug me that somebody who has played 20 DP World events this year cannot be given the opportunity to play a flagship event because some people that earned it, to an extent, are being given an opportunity when they couldn’t care any less about the event,” Rahm said.
“They don’t know. They don’t care. They don’t know the history of this event. They are only here because they are trying to get world-ranking points and trying to finish in the top 50 [to qualify for majors], and that’s clear as day.
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