The cut up within the males’s sport between the PGA Tour and the Saudi Arabia-backed LIV Golf League is unsustainable and won’t profit anybody in the long run, Rory McIlroy advised Golf Journal on Tuesday.
The four-time main champion mentioned it was disheartening as a competitor to see the perfect golfers play in separate excursions for a lot of the 12 months.
“There must be a correction. I believe what’s occurring isn’t sustainable proper now, so one thing must occur to attempt to carry all of it again collectively so we are able to all transfer ahead so we do not have this division that is kind of ongoing,” McIlroy mentioned.
“They maintain taking place these completely different paths and I simply do not see how that advantages anybody in the long term. … I believe [it’s] a disgrace for the general sport of golf.”
Though negotiations on a merger between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf are ongoing, McIlroy mentioned it’s nonetheless a distant prospect.
“We’re most likely nonetheless fairly an extended methods from it, however I might hope that sooner or later that we are able to get there, unify the sport and get the perfect gamers again collectively once more,” he added.
Talks between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf have dragged on, and the PGA Tour secured a $3 billion funding cope with a consortium of U.S. sports activities crew homeowners known as Strategic Sports activities Group (SSG) in January.
The PGA Tour is ready to go it alone with SSG if a cope with LIV Golf can’t be achieved, tour commissioner Jay Monahan mentioned final month.
“Finally [LIV Golf] do have a few of the greatest gamers on the planet which can be taking part in some actually good golf,” McIlroy mentioned.
McIlroy will subsequent compete on the Texas Open, which begins Thursday.
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