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Rory McIlroy has warned his fellow golf stars that have defected to the controversial Saudi-backed LIV Golf series about chasing ‘boatloads of cash’ ahead of the inaugural event in London this weekend.

LIV Golf will stage their first three-day, 54-hole event at The Centurion Club near St Albans from Thursday amid a build-up littered with controversy and infighting. On Wednesday, Bryson DeChambeau, Patrick Reed and Rickie Fowler became the latest stars set to join the lucrative series, whose first event has a purse worth £20million while the series’ total purse is around £200m.

The field for the event will see the likes of six-time major champion Phil Mickelson and former World No. 1 Dustin Johnson compete against Sergio Garcia, Ian Poulter, Lee Westwood, Graeme McDowell, Louis Oosthuizen, Charr Schwartzel, Branden Grace and Kevin Na for eye-watering sums of money. Players that resigned their membership could be barred from competing at majors, and Johnson - who won the 2016 US Open and the 2020 Masters - officially resigned his PGA Tour membership in order to play in the LIV Golf series.

It means the American will be ineligible for the Ryder Cup, although he could still compete in majors. The United