Min Woo Lee has delivered a sobering reminder to Rory McIlroy and any others in the field lamenting the absence of star power at the PGA Tour's $US25 million ($A38 million) Players Championship in Florida.
Australia's 2022 champion Cameron Smith and reigning major champions Jon Rahm and Brooks Koepka are among the growing group of LIV Golf defectors banned from competing at the PGA Tour's flagship tournament.
"It's the biggest tournament outside of a major championship and you don't have all the best players in the world here. That's a shame," world No.2 McIlroy said ahead of Thursday night's (AEDT) start.
