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Ex-Europe Ryder Cup captain Padraig Harrington is set to be consulted on the new qualification rules for the side after stars demanded LIV rebels miss out.

LIV golfers including Lee Westwood, Ian Poulter, Sergio Garcia, Martin Kaymer and Graeme McDowell have been fined £100,000 and banned from the Scottish Open for playing on a rival to the European Tour.

They have all starred for Europe previously in the Ryder Cup with Garcia the continent’s all-time leading points scorer. But further sanctions are expected by the European Tour, now known as the DP World Tour, for any players who tee it up this week in the Saudi-backed LIV event in Portland.

Harrington expects the ugly battle to hurt the prospects of LIV players who want to qualify for the Ryder Cup team next year and especially those eyeing a future captaincy. The final qualification process for 2023 is still to be determined but Harrington, who captained Europe last year at Whistling Straits in a record defeat, says pros are calling for heavy sanctions against defectors after turning down as much as £25million themselves to join LIV.

Harrington, 50, said: “I don't know how it's going to end up in terms of whether the