Golf news: McIlroy addresses Scheffler controversy as star unemployed after £16m payout

The end of the DP World Tour season is quickly approaching with the tour-concluding tournament at the Jumeirah Golf Estates (Earth Course) in Dubai just one week away. The PGA Tour season remains in its off-season ahead of the resumption in January, while reports suggest that BC Partners have abandoned their plans to rescue the controversial breakaway LIV Golf league. The divisive format has left many of the world's great players in the dark with Englishman Lee Westwood among them. The 53-year-old joined LIV when the Saudi-backed tour began four years ago.