CHARLOTTE, N.C. - LIV Golf League captain Bryson DeChambeau hopes he has another chance to play with Rory McIlroy in the final round, this time at the PGA Championship this week at the Quail Hollow Club.

If this happens, it sounds like DeChambeau is better prepared to hit another 18 holes in silence.

At the Masters last month, Dechambeau told reporters that McIlroy did not talk to him when he played in the final group match together at the Augusta National Golf Club.

"I didn't talk to me all day," Dechambeau said at the Masters. "He won't talk to me. He's like- I want to just focus. But, not me."

McIlroy's strategy worked, defeating Justin Rose in a hole playoff and capturing an elusive green jacket to become the sixth player to complete a professional grand slam.

DeChambeau hit a 3-pointer with 75 points and tied for fifth place.

McIlroy said at a press conference on Wednesday at Quail Hollow that his silent treatment of the Masters DeChambeau was not personal.

"I don't know what he expected," McIlroy said. "We're trying to win the Masters. I'm not going to try to be his best companion.

"Look, everyone approaches the game in a different way. Yes, like, I focus on myself and what I need to do. It's really all. It's not anything against him. It's just what I feel like is what I need to do to try to get the best from myself that day."

Bob Rotella, a sports psychologist at McIlroy, told the BBC last month that their strategy in the Masters was to focus on lasers throughout the game, ignoring what everyone else was doing, including Devanmo in the final round.

"It's not about Bryson," Rotra told the BBC. "That's just a game plan for the whole week and we want to get lost. We don't want to pay attention to anyone else's goal in scoring, shooting or swinging, or how far they played. We just want Rory to play his game."

Since McIlroy and Dechambeau's distance is a favorite to win the Wanamaker trophy at Quail How, it's one of the longest courses on the PGA Tour (7,626 yards) and has a longer game due to wet conditions.

"I do believe you have to have a lot of distance here," DeChambeau said. "Rory is a great driver of golf and his iron performance is great. I think it's a golf course and it's well prepared for his shooting shape, and I think it works great for my shots, too.

"We'll see. Maybe I'm doing well, maybe I don't. But I'll definitely go all out, I know Rory is. Hopefully we can do it again like the master."