On Wednesday, Rory McIlroy got his chance to share his thoughts on golf’s shocking merger. He sat down at about 9:30 a.m. ET following his morning pro-am to dig into the news that made national headlines in the past 24 hours — and not just on golf websites, everywhere.
“I wasn’t looking forward to this, to be honest with you,” McIlroy said. “But once we all get done here and you write your stories and say what you say what I say or quote me or whatever it is, I’m going to go to the range and do some practice and try to get ready for a golf tournament.”
McIlroy, however, did make sure to specify at least one thing that was bothering him (during a contentious time in which there were probably many). Yes, the PGA Tour and DP World Tour and PIF announced a newly formed commercial entity, which will end litigation, allow a path for LIV players to return to the PGA and DP World tours and unify the game after nearly two years of strife, but he was adamant the PGA Tour wasn’t shaking hands with LIV Golf.
