Horschel hits out at LIV players at BMW PGA Championship

Defending champion Billy Horschel isn't too happy to see some old friends ahead of the BMW PGA Championship in Surrey, England.

The two-time PGA European (DP World) Tour winner wonders why some LIV Golf members are going to compete at this week's tournament.

Billy Ho naming names! "I don't think those guys really should be here. ... The Abraham Ancer, the Talor Gooch, the Jason Kokraks: You've never played this tournament, you've never supported the DP World Tour. Why are you here?"

"I don't think those guys really should be here," Horschel said. "...the Abraham Ancers, the Talor Gooches, the Jason Krokraks. You've never played this tournament, you've never supported the DP World Tour. Why are you here?"

The trio mentioned by Horschel are three of 18 LIV players expected to compete at Wentworth beginning on Thursday and are able to do so thanks to a temporary injunction that allows LIV players to enter European Tour tournaments, despite a June edict that levied fines and suspensions to the breakaway players. A full court case is to be held in February.

The presence of the LIV contingent means that lower-ranking European Tour players lost their spots at the tournament to accommodate them.

On Monday, European Tour head Keith Pelley had what The Telegraph's James Corrigan called a "tense exchange" with a number of LIV players including Sergio Garcia, Lee Westwood and Ian Poulter on Monday. The LIV players were said to have pressed Pelley on details regarding the European Tour's relationship with the PGA.

An unnamed LIV player told Corrigan that Pelley was cagey with his answers.

“We didn’t get in as many questions as we wanted and Keith just kept replying that ‘We’re in the middle of an ongoing legal case, so I can’t give