Rory McIlroy tells LIV Golf rebels 'you've made your bed, now lie in it' as he insists money can't beat majors

It takes about 100 million bucks to bag yourself an ageing PGA Tour player these days but Rory McIlrory still reckons there are some things money can’t buy.

The Northern Irish ace has found himself the figurehead of the fightback from golf’s old guard against the rise of the Saudi backed LIV Golf series.

McIlroy is happy to lead from the front and he made another passionate case for the Tour ahead of this week’s US Open at Brookline amid talk of more big name defections.

The 33-year-old is going nowhere as he’s not just interested in topping up his already bulging bank account.

McIlroy would rather top up his major championship haul and adding to the 21 titles he’s won on the PGA Tour – and there was some shade thrown in the direction of the rebels in the process.

He said: “I hope I'm still building on my legacy. In golfing terms, I'm still youngish. Even though I've been out here for a long time, I've basically spent half my life on tour at this point.

“It's very important to me. It means a lot, going back to history and tradition and putting your name on trophies that have the legends of the game on them. That's really cool, and that's something that money can't buy.

“Legacy, reputation, at the end of the day that's all you have. You strip everything away, and you're left with how you made people feel and what people thought of you.”

McIlroy is front and centre of the PGA PR war but it’s not a position he thought he was going to be in when he predicted the LIV Golf series was ‘dead in the water’ back in February.

It turns out the Northern Irishman’s big mistake was trusting some of his shiftier pals on the PGA circuit.

He said: “I guess I took a lot of players' statements at face value. I guess that's what I got