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McIlroy and several other top-ranked players have turned down
the Saudi-funded project, which is being spearheaded by former
world number one Greg Norman.
Players who sign up for the breakaway competition face potential
bans from the American-based PGA Tour and European-based DP
World Tour, as well as the Ryder Cup.
"I don't know if I'm curious, but yeah, I guess I'm intrigued
who would (join)," McIlroy told reporters on Wednesday, speaking
ahead of this week's Genesis Invitational in California.
"Certainly for the younger guys it just seems a massive risk. I
can maybe make sense of it for the guys that are getting to the
latter stages of their careers.
"I don't think that's what a rival golf league is really going
to want, is it?"
The 32-year-old Northern Irishman, who previously labelled the
proposals as a "money grab", said world number one Jon Rahm and
second-ranked Collin Morikawa also have dismissed the project.
"I don't know. I understand the financial part of it for guys
that are later on in their career," McIlroy added.
"You look at the people that have already said no the top
players in the world are saying no, so that has to tell you
something."
Former world number one Adam Scott confirmed he was in
discussions with organisers of the new circuit, which is
expected to have a lighter schedule than the PGA Tour.
"Depending what your goals are in golf, the schedule is very
appealing," said the 41-year-old Australian.
"From that side of things, I would consider doing that, for
sure. From a lifestyle side of things, yes."
(Reporting by Manasi Pathak in Bengaluru and Ian Ransom in
Melbourne; Editing by Kenneth Maxwell)
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