Rory McIlroy says one American LIV golfer should make Ryder Cup, but not any Europeans

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Rory McIlroy has been critical of LIV Golf and all those who defected since day one.

However, with the 2023 Ryder Cup now rapidly approaching, and the roaring comeback of one of its veterans now in LIV, McIlroy seems willing to make an exception.

Brooks Koepka left the PGA Tour for LIV Golf last year — he finished T2 at this year's Masters and then won the PGA Championship, his fifth major and third Wanamaker Trophy, earlier this month.

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Europe's Northern Irish golfer Rory McIlroy (R) and Europe's Spanish golfer Sergio Garcia (L) shake ahnds with US golfer Tony Finau (2L) and US golfer Brooks Koepka (2R) after winning  their fourball match on the second day of the 42nd Ryder Cup at Le Golf National Course at Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, south-west of Paris, on September 29, 2018.  (FRANCK FIFE/AFP)

Koepka has participated in the last three Ryder Cups as part of the U.S. team, and McIlroy believes he should play in a fourth-straight.

"I certainly think Brooks deserves to be on the United States team," McIlroy said Wednesday at Muirfield Village ahead of the Memorial Tournament. "I think with how he's played, I mean, he's second in the U.S. standings, only played two counting events. I don't know if there's anyone else on the, you know, on the LIV roster that would make the team on merit and how they're playing. But Brooks is definitely a guy that I think deserves to be on the U.S. team."

Brooks Koepka of the United States and Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland look on from the fifth tee during the first round of The Memorial Tournament on July 16, 2020 at Muirfield Village Golf Club in