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Rory McIlroy and John Rahm share view on LIV Golf rebel Cameron Smith's event absence

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Cameron Smith's absence from The Players has provided an uncomfortable backdrop to the PGA Tour's flagship event at TPC Sawgrass this week.

World No.5 Smith is unable to defend the title he won at the 2022 weather-delayed event after his shock defection to LIV Golf last year.

The Australian is indefinitely suspended from the PGA Tour after the ditching the American circuit for the riches of the Saudi-funded breakaway on the back of his first major triumph at the Open in St Andrews last July.

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