Rory McIlroy, a six-time major winner, has expressed skepticism about the rival tour raising enough money to continue in its current form. He also questioned why top players would not want to compete against the world's best every week.
Rory McIlroy has said it is a question of whether players on the Saudi-backed LIV Golf Series are actually open to returning to the PGA Tour.
Rory McIlroy has said it is a question of whether players on the Saudi-backed LIV Golf Series are actually open to returning to the PGA Tour. Circuit’s future is uncertain after Saudi withdrawalRory McIlroy is no longer opposed to LIV Golf players returning to the PGA Tour, but he said Friday that “it’s a question of if they do want to come back”.on future funding for LIV Golf, which had lured away stars including Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau with lucrative, guaranteed contracts.
LIV’s uncertain future raises new questions about whether some players should be allowed to return to the PGA Tour – and if so, under what set of rules or penalties.of the opportunity. Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton are among the players who remain under contract with LIV beyond this season.with the European tour, known commercially as the DP World Tour. That move potentially gives him a place to compete in 2027 and beyond.
“If it is a scenario where they have the option to come back and play on the traditional tours, I think Brian Rolapp has said anything that makes this tour stronger, anything that makes the DP World Tour stronger, I think everyone should be open to that,” McIlroy said after finishing his second round at the Truist Championship in Charlotte. “That’s just good business practice.
” For now, McIlroy, like most in golf, is in a wait-and-see mode – although he expressed skepticism about the rival tour raising enough money to continue in its current form.
“They’re going to go and try and find alternative investment, whatever that may look like,” the six-time major winner said. “But when one of the wealthiest sovereign wealth funds in the world thinks that you’re too expensive for them, that sort of says something. ” McIlroy, the No 2 player in the world, has become the face of the game along with top-ranked Scottie Scheffler.
He has been an outspoken critic in the past of players who bolted for big paydays that came with joining the Saudi-backed tour.
“Obviously the guys over there are under contract and if they are able to keep it going and get a schedule together next year, it seems like those guys are still going to play the majority of their golf on LIV, in whatever form it takes,” McIlroy said. DeChambeau’s contract with LIV is up after the season and he has reportedly asked for a new, $500m deal.
The two-time major champion hasthat he had started talks on a possible return to the PGA Tour, calling them “completely untrue”, and said this week he would The PGA Championship, the second major of the year, is next week outside Philadelphia. DeChambeau, Rahm and three-time winner Koepka will all participate, as will two-time winner McIlroy and reigning champion Scheffler.on those who moved on to LIV over the years, and reiterated on Friday that he was “probably too judgmental” in his opinions.
But he said LIV is “not for me”.
“I’m not going to judge anyone for not wanting to play on the PGA Tour,” McIlroy said. “I don’t know, does that mean that they go play DP World Tour, maybe; if that’s a pathway, that would make the DP World Tour stronger, and I would be delighted with that. ” But he also questioned why top players would not want to compete against the world’s best every week.
“If you want to be the most competitive golfer you can be, this is the place to be,” McIlroy said of the PGA Tour. “And if you don’t want to play here, I think that says something about you. ”
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