Watch: 'Proud' Graeme McDowell defends new Saudi-backed golf league

Graeme McDowell during a press conference at the Centurion Club, Hertfordshire ahead of the LIV Golf Invitational Series. Steven Paston/PA Wire.

Ireland's Graeme McDowell has come under fire from journalists questioning his justification for playing in the new Saudi Arabia-backed LIV Golf Invitational Series which gets underway this week at the Centurion Club in Hertfordshire.

McDowell was speaking at a press conference for the event along with Dustin Johnson, Kevin Na, and Louis Oosthuizen.