'A slap in the face' - Jon Rahm, Billy Horschel take swipe at LIV Golf players for BMW PGA Championship appearance

Jon Rahm has hit out at LIV Golf players who are teeing it up at the BMW PGA Championship solely for “world ranking points” while defending champion Billy Horschel has said their appearances are a «slap in the face» for DP World Tour members. The BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth is a flagship event on the DP World Tour.

It has an $8 million purse and due to the stacked field and no competing event on the PGA Tour, a raft of world ranking points. Ad As well as the likes of Rahm, Horschel, Rory McIlroy and Matt Fitzpatrick, 17 players from LIV Golf will be in the field.

BMW PGA ChampionshipBMW PGA Championship betting tips as McIlroy and Rahm make bid for glory2 HOURS AGO Rahm has no issue with the players who have been regulars on the DP World Tour competing following their move to LIV, but is seemingly unhappy with Abraham Ancer and Talor Gooch making appearaces. Their positions inside the top 50 in the world make them eligible for slots in the field, but it is Gooch's first appearance in a stand-alone DP World Tour event, while Ancer has played only a handful of times.

LIV Golf does not qualify for world ranking points at the moment, so the only way for players to remain inside the top 50 — which is the cut off for automatic entry to the majors — is to play affiliated events. Rahm says the only reason they are appearing is to protect their ranking, and it is personal to him as the current first reserve, Alfredo Garcia-Heredia, is a friend of the former world No.

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