Love says 'fed up' PGA players unified for LIV Golf fight

PGA Tour players are "fed up" and uniting for a fight against the upstart Saudi-backed LIV Golf Series, US Presidents Cup captain Davis Love III said on Tuesday.

Love, who named Steve Stricker and Webb Simpson as his final assistant captains for next month's team event against the Internationals, said he was shocked LIV Golf's record rich purses lured away so many top PGA players.

"I told my own tournament, don't worry about it, not going to happen. (Phil) Mickelson's going down, but nobody else will jump ship," Love said. "So I was wrong.

"I don't know what's going to happen from here on out, but I know it's going to be a fight and the players are getting more and more unified against it."

LIV Golf staged its third $25 million event last week in New Jersey with Sweden's Henrik Stenson winning on his debut after being axed as Europe's 2023 Ryder Cup captain.

Others making the move include Paul Casey, Sergio Garcia, Patrick Reed, Bryson DeChambeau, Brooks Koepka, Lee Westwood, Ian Poulter, Louis Oosthuizen and Mickelson.

Love said last week he could see players banding together and boycotting major events that allow LIV Golf players to compete.

As he prepared for this week's PGA Wyndham Championship, Love said he only meant to remind PGA players of the power they have in a tough situation.

"Nobody saw the extent of LIV coming. It's hard to not be reactionary to something when you're blindsided," Love said.

"If the LIV guys sue and are allowed to play on the PGA Tour, the players are enough fed up with it... we don't want those guys come and cherry-picking our tournaments.

"We hold all the cards... We don't want those guys playing, we don't care what the courts say, our only option - really the nuclear option - is to say, well,