The "consequences" of the decision made by Lee Westwood and Ian Poulter to join LIV Golf have been outlined by a fellow Ryder Cup icon.
The two Englishman have been publicly defiant since opting to defect to the Saudi-backed venture, despite being fined and sanctioned by the DP World Tour. And their hopes of being able to jump between the two rival organisations for tournaments were essentially ended this month when an arbitration panel ruled in favour of the status quo.
With a ban also currently in place from the PGA Tou r, chances to automatically qualify for golf's most famous team event are all but gone for those who joined LIV. But former captain Paul McGinley, who led Team Europe to victory in 2014 at Gleneagles - not to mention holing the winning putt at The Belfry in 2002 - has little sympathy with his former teammates.
