Lowry: I 'misjudged the room' on Saudi event comments

Shane Lowry says he regrets his comments in defence of his decision to play the Saudi International, as he reiterated his opposition to the LIV Golf Tour.

On Sunday, Lowry landed the prestigious BMW PGA Championship title at Wentworth, the flagship event of the DP World Tour, afterwards describing his win as "one for the good guys", interpreted as a pointed remark against the LIV Tour players in the field.

Prior to the tournament, Lowry had said of certain LIV Tour players that he "can't stand them being here".

Fleshing out his thoughts on the matter in an interview on the 'No Laying Up' podcast, Lowry branded the money involved in golf as "disgusting" and that it would alienate the general public.

"If I was one of those players going to LIV, I wouldn't have shown up at Wentworth, not a chance of me doing that because it would have been too uncomfortable for me," Lowry said.

"They knew it was going to be disruptive. For them to think they can just come back and play (in DP World Tour events) when they want. …… it is wrong.

"We're not the NFL at the end of the day. We're not the NBA. I hate at the minute how divisive golf is. And if we divide our top players, we could be in trouble.

"We're in golf and we love the game and there's a lot of people that love the game. But in the grand scheme of things, golf is actually a small sport. We're very lucky that corporate America - and corporates around the world - love golf and that's why we've such great sponsors and that's why we play for a lot of money. This is causing a division in the game and it could piss people off.

"Even I feel like all people talk about is money now. Watching the Tour Championship, all the commentators kept talking about was how much money they were going to