Graeme McDowell calls for vote on LIV rebels playing DP World Tour

Graeme McDowell wants to see players given a vote on whether to allow LIV rebels to compete on the DP World Tour.

McDowell is one of 18 players from the Saudi-funded breakaway competing in the BMW PGA Championship, a situation which Rory McIlroy said he found "hard to stomach".

Defending champion Billy Horschel also labelled the likes of Abraham Ancer and Talor Gooch "hypocrites" for making their tournament debuts at Wentworth having previously shown no interest in the event.

The likes of McDowell, Ian Poulter, Sergio Garcia and Lee Westwood are eligible after their suspensions for playing in the inaugural LIV Golf event were temporarily stayed on appeal, with the full hearing set for February.

"I don't care about anything a courtroom suggests, this to me is about DP World Tour members and whether they feel like me and the other big names that are playing LIV Golf can bring any value to this Tour moving forward," McDowell said.

"If they think that's something they don't want, great; let's get to that decision and move on because the lack of clarity is just not good for anybody.

"I wish I'd have asked the question at the (players) meeting the other night. What is the process? Is there a way to expedite it? Does it have to happen in a court of law?

"Let's send 326 emails out (the Tour has 326 members) and maybe two videos; one from the LIV players saying we'd love to support this tour eight, 10, 12 times a year and then the other side of it is Keith Pelley's statement this week."

Chief executive Pelley delivered an impassioned defence of the DP World Tour on Wednesday in the face of what he termed the "LIV propaganda machine".

Pelley urged the players not to show disrespect by "parroting LIV's talking points" and dismissed Garcia's