Jack Nicklaus takes swing at LIV golfers: 'I don’t even consider those guys part of the game anymore'

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Brooks Koepka’s win at the PGA Championship earlier this month kept LIV Golf and the competitors associated with the organization at the forefront of the sport, especially with the Ryder Cup around the corner.

Jack Nicklaus will host PGA Tour golfers at his Memorial Tournament this week sans those who jumped to the Saudi-backed series. It means 2018 Memorial winner Bryson DeChambeau won’t be at the Ohio course either. But for Nicklaus, all of that appeared to be just fine.

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Jack Nicklaus reacts to a putt during The Ally Challenge at Warwick Hills Golf And Country Club on Aug. 27, 2022, in Grand Blanc, Michigan. (Mike Mulholland/Getty Images)

"The Golden Bear" made his opinion clear, again, on what he thinks about those in LIV Golf.

"I don’t even consider those guys part of the game anymore. I don’t mean that in a nasty way. This is a PGA Tour event and we have the best field we can possibly have for a PGA Tour event for those who are eligible to be here," he said, via Golfweek. "The other guys made a choice of what they did and where they’ve gone and we don’t even talk about it."

He added: "There were certain players that it was probably the right thing for. But it wasn’t for me, it wasn’t for what my legacy was. Obviously, I pretty much started what the Tour is out here."

The Jack Nicklaus Award Recipients are announced at a press conference during the Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village Golf Club on June 5, 2022, in Dublin, Ohio. (Chris Condon/PGA Tour)

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Nicklaus added