At the PGA Championship, Rory McIlroy seemed to be done talking about LIV Golf. When a reporter asked him to “look in his crystal ball” at what the world of golf may look like in three years, Rory declined to speculate.

“I don’t have a crystal ball,” McIlroy said.

“You don’t want to speculate?” the reporter asked McIlroy.

“No,” McIlroy said.

Then, a different reporter asked McIlroy if it was going to be a conscious thing for him to sidestep the LIV Golf-PGA Tour narrative going forward.

“Yeah,” McIlroy said.

Just a few weeks later, McIlroy is back to speaking about LIV golfers and their place in the golf ecosystem. At his pre-tournament press conference for this week’s Memorial Tournament, Rory was asked about whether or not LIV players should be able to participate in the Ryder Cup.

“I certainly think Brooks deserves to be on the United States team,” Rory McIlroy said on Wednesday. “I think with how he’s played, I mean, he’s second in the U.S. standings, only played two counting events. I don’t know if there’s anyone else on the LIV roster that would make the team on merit and how they’re playing. But Brooks is definitely a guy that I think deserves to be on the U.S. team.”

The four-time major champion, however, wasn’t as impressed with the European players on the LIV roster.

“I have different feelings about the European team and the other side and sort of how that has all transpired. I don’t think any of those guys should be a part of the European team,” McIlroy said.

Rory is set to tee it up at Muirfield Village Thursday afternoon as he seeks his first win at Jack’s tournament.

Article originally appeared on: Golfwrx.com