“I think it is very sad,” Garcia, 43, advised the Telegraph on Thursday forward of this weekend’s LIV season opener at Mayakoba. “I believe that we’ve achieved so many issues collectively and had so many experiences that for him to throw that away simply because I made a decision to go to a unique tour, properly, it doesn’t appear very mature; missing maturity, actually.

“But Rory’s got his own life, and he makes his own choices, the same way that I make mine. I respect his choices, but it seems like he doesn’t respect the ones I make. So, one-way street.”

McIlroy, 33, partnered with Garcia within the Ryder Cup and served as a groomsman at his wedding ceremony in 2017. McIlroy, nevertheless, advised the Irish Independent that he was offended that Garcia despatched him a textual content throughout final 12 months’s U.S. Open “basically telling me to shut up about LIV, blah, blah, blah.”

Garcia advised the Telegraph he’d be open to clearing the air, however it doesn’t seem that can occur.

“Sure, I don’t have a problem with him,” Garcia stated. “He’s the one that has a problem. So if he wants to reconcile, then I’m willing to talk, but I’m not sure he’ll put himself down to that level.”

If the LIV gamers win an arbitration case that will enable them to stay on the DP World Tour, the rift between the 2 stars might develop deeper. It would enable Garcia — the all-time Ryder Cup factors chief — and different LIV members earn factors towards automated qualification for the Ryder Cup. Also, in the event that they play properly sufficient however don’t robotically qualify, European captain Luke Donald might add them with any of his six wild-card alternatives.

“I wouldn’t want to harm the atmosphere in the team room,” Garcia advised the Telegraph. “I love that event too much for that.”