Rory McIlroy says Europeans playing in US may have regrets, but Shane Lowry in ‘a tough position’

The European Tour withdrew its sanction of the WGC event just two days after Lowry won it last year.

Rory McIlroy believes European players who have opted to contest the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational instead of the French Open "might regret it", but accepts defending champion Shane Lowry was put in an unenviable position.

A re-working of the PGA Tour's calendar to accommodate golf's return to the Olympics saw the WGC event brought forward to the end of June, bringing it into direct conflict with the French Open at Le Golf National, venue for the 2018 Ryder Cup.