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Westwood's thoughts on thoughts came Thursday, after first-round play at LIV Golf's season-ending event in Indianapolis. Westwood and LIV teammate Laurie Canter were appearing on the post-round show of TNT Sports UK & Ireland, and Westwood had been asked whether he expected "a bit of stick" for his invite to the DP World Tour's Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, set for early October. Westwood's appearance will be his first on the formerly named European Tour since January 2023, and it comes after he recently paid fines levied by the DP World Tour for his play with LIV.

"There's a lot of players on this tour who bring value to tournaments." McIlroy's and Scheffler's thoughts had come in response to a question of whether certain LIV players should be allowed back onto the PGA Tour, after LIV attempts to regroup after the loss of its primary backer, the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund. The exit has led to speculation on whether LIV players would stick with the league after this week, or look into avenues to play on the Tour, the circuit on which most of the pros had once played.

"I would argue, have they brought value to LIV?" McIlroy told reporters earlier this week. He later added: "I feel like I've kept my position consistent that LIV has never been a good thing for the game."

BMW Championship - second round leaderboard -12 W Clark (US), -11 G Woodland (US), -10 JJ Spaun (US), -9 S J Im (Kor), C Gotterup (US), -8 P Cantlay (US), M Thorbjornsen (US), -7 C Morikawa (US), R McIlroy (NI), R Henley (US), M McNealy (US)