The world's No. 3 golfer, Rory McIlroy, spoke for the first time since the shocking merger between the PGA Tour, LIV Golf and DP World Tour, where he had an optimistic outlook.
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Rory McIlroy takes part in the Pro-Am of the RBC Canadian Open at Oakdale Golf and Country Club in Toronto on Wednesday."The one thing I think was really misconstrued yesterday was all the headlines were PGA Tour merges with LIV," he explained, via Sky Sports News."LIV’s got nothing to do with this. The PGA Tour, DP World Tour and the Public Investment Fund are basically partnering to create a new company.
Many were outraged to see the PGA Tour merge with the PIF, which ran LIV Golf under its golf-related businesses, because of the civil war that has ensued over the last couple of years. Rory McIlroy looks on at the Pro-Am of the RBC Canadian Open at Oakdale Golf and Country Club in Toronto on Wednesday.
But no matter the case, McIlroy has his eye on the future. And though it is hard right now to pull his personal thought process out of the equation, he's trying to do so with an optimistic point of view moving forward.
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