Speaking with the media ahead of this week’s RBC Canadian Open, McIlroy – who has served as the face of the PGA Tour during its battle with the Saudi-backed league – expressed that his feelings towards LIV remain unchanged.
PGA Tour pros, by and large, were very, very mad on Wednesday morning (AEST) when they were blindsided by news of the merger with LIV Golf, the very entity they’d been told was their sworn enemy for the past couple years.
To those who sensed that McIlroy might be feeling betrayed after Wednesday’s stunning announcement between the tour and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, well, you’re right.
PGA Tour players offered a standing ovation when one of their peers called for new leadership during a meeting with commissioner Jay Monahan Tuesday at Oakdale Golf & Country Club in Ontario, Canada, site of this week’s RBC Canadian Open.
PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan is well-aware that Wednesday’s surprise announcement that the tour will merge with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund – the primary financial backer of LIV Golf – will be seen as a major reversal, to put it lightly.
Conversely, American players who left for LIV can still qualify despite being prohibited from playing in PGA Tour events based on still technically being members of the PGA of America.
Augusta National Golf Club and the R&A released statements Tuesday regarding the merger between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf, calling the deal a “positive development” for the game.
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The Memorial Tournament’s traditional spot on the PGA Tour schedule has for decades been two weeks prior to the US Open. Jack Nicklaus sounded pretty sure that was changing, being bumped back a week later, just before the year’s third men’s major in 2024.
Keegan Bradley prefaced his remarks by saying he’s got a “really strange relationship” with the USGA after the governing body, along with the R&A, changed golf’s anchoring rules a decade ago that kept him from using the belly putter he started his pro career.
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