Rory McIlroy says LIV Golf has strained his relationships with former Ryder Cup teammates

It's not likely that some of his former teammates will spend a lot of time reminiscing about their time on the team.

The group of European players who are competing at the BMW PGA Championship this week are not the only ones who have resisted the financial gains of joining the Saudi- backed series.

When talking about how much he loved his teammates, one of the most memorable moments was when the golfer broke down in tears. He sighed when he was asked how a tight-knit bond with the three men could survive.

"I don't know," said the golfer. I don't think I have a lot of a relationship with them at the moment. I've done nothing different. The ones that made the decision are the ones that made it. I can sit here and say I've done nothing differently.

There could be some awkward meetings this week with people he used to be friends with.

I've not seen them in a while. Don't hangout with them anymore. We haven't seen each other so we probably won't go out for dinner. There are certain people that I don't shake hands with.

There is no sign of healing between the players who were created by LIV and the ones who were not.

The LIV golfers who are European Tour members are allowed to play at Wentworth while their suspension is under appeal. They are subject to legal appeals.

Matt Fitzpatrick, the U.S. Open champion, said he was fed up with talking about the situation, but acknowledged that the current tensions could make it difficult to include any LIV players on the team.

Fitzpatrick wouldn't name the player he'd be fine with playing with on the team. There's a lot of stuff to come with the situation and it's a long way away. That could change things, change attitudes even more, and that could make it difficult.

The captaincy of the European team for next year's Ryder Cup was taken away from him when he joined the break-up series. At the end of his news conference, when his name was mentioned as the only person to win both the FedEx Cup and the European Tour's Race to Dubai, the golfer from Northern Ireland joked: "Who?"

It would be hard to stomach playing alongside the LIV golfers this week, but he hadn't seen most of them yet.

"My opinion is they shouldn't be here, but again that's just my opinion," he said, before poking fun at LIV Golf's format of only playing three rounds instead of four and starting on different holes. "But we are all going to tee it up on the first tee tomorrow and we are all going to play 72 holes, which is a new experience for them at this point, and then we'll go from there."

The golfer said he stayed away from the meeting with the European Tour chief executive.

"I didn't want to know who was in that room so I didn't bother with it," he said. I let them take it out.

At his news conference, he gave no details of what was said at the meeting, but he did say that there were a few questions from the players.

The financial viability of the European Tour and its ability to compete in the commercial world was defended by Pelley.

It's easy to get dragged down by the LIV propaganda machine, which churned out negative news stories and misinformation about the poor state of the traditional golfing world, including our tour. It isn't right.

They won't have to share the course with any other players until the weekend because they're all in the same group.

He couldn't resist one more jibe when asked if it would give him more motivation to play in the final pair on Sunday.

He said that they would be tired on Sunday.