https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-10916471/amp/Rory-McIlroy-tells-Charl-Schwartzel-win-maiden-Saudi-backed-rebel-event-meant-NOTHING.html
"Rory McIlroy tells Charl Schwartzel his win in maiden Saudi-backed rebel event 'meant NOTHING' and blasts younger players for 'taking the easy way out' by joining mega-rich breakaway in golf's civil war.
McIlroy is particularly confused as to why the likes of Dechambeau and Reed would jump ship for a competition that means very little.
"He went on: 'I don't understand the guys that are a similar age to me going because I would like to believe that my best days are still ahead of me, and I think theirs are too,' he said. 'So that's where it feels like you're taking the easy way out.'
Johnson and DeChambeau both reneged on their pledge to stay with the PGA Tour and now have their Ryder Cup futures in jeopardy.
McIlroy was disappointed in the U-turns, saying: 'I guess I took a lot of players' statements at face value. I guess that's what I got wrong.
'You had people committed to the PGA Tour, and that's what the statements were that were put out. People went back on that.
'It's disappointing. The players that are staying on the PGA Tour feel slighted in some way. If those guys thought outside of themselves, they would see this is not the best for everyone."