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“Hypocrites”: Billy Horschel calls out LIV Golf…

"Hypocrites”: Billy Horschel calls out LIV Golf…

Billy Horschel branded LIV Golf rebels “hypocrites” – and name-checked several he feels should not be playing the BMW PGA Championship.

A vocal critic of the Saudi-funded breakaway series, Horschel has made his views clear in the past when it comes to players jumping ship.

Speaking ahead of his title defence at Wentworth, Horschel named Talor Gooch, Jason Kokrak and Abraham Ancer as three he believes should have been stopped from playing.

“I don’t think those guys should be here,” he said.

“I don’t think the American guys who haven’t supported the PGA Tour should be here. The Abraham Ancers, the Talor Gooches, the Jason Kokraks.

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“You’ve never played this tournament, you’ve never supported the DP World Tour. Why are you here? You’re here for one reason only and that’s to try and gain world ranking points because you don’t have that.

“It’s pretty hypocritical to come over here and play outside LIV when your big thing was to spend more time with family and want to play less golf.”

Horschel is not the only player to have declared his unease at playing alongside his LIV counterparts.

Both Rory McIlroy and Matt Fitzpatrick admitted they were unhappy about…

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