Pro fires Rory McIlroy through PGA Tour-LIV review
Josh Schrock
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Rory McIlroy will be the first to tell you what he thinks of Liv Golf, and the bigger picture for professional golf has evolved over the past few years.
The four-time main champion has gone from being the leading voice of the PGA Tour in the battle against LIV to now just speaking for himself as he tries to focus on his own game, hoping that the other party will be able to get together soon.
McIlroy explains how and why he felt about Liv before asking PGA Tour players to “overcome” on Wednesday Those who go to Liv “overcome” their sense of difficulty.
“Whether you’re on the PGA Tour or have left the PGA Tour, we’re benefiting from it,” McIlroy said after Pro-AM at Torrey Pines’ Genesis Invitational. “I’ve already There are a lot of records saying: We play this week for a $20 million bonus. If Liv doesn’t come, it will never happen. I think everyone has to overcome it, and we all have to say, OK, here’s the starting point , we move forward. We are not behind us. We don’t look past. Everything happened happened, it’s unfortunate, but unity, how we all move forward together, it’s the best thing for everyone.
“If people get ass hurt, or because the guys go or like who cares about who, is it because they go? Let’s go together, let’s try to keep this going again and do what’s best for the game. .”
McIlroy’s comments are not well with three-time PGA Tour champion Johnson Wagner, who now works as a golf channel analyst.
On Thursday, Wagner pursued McIlroy because his experience only sees things through his experience.
“The fact that he said we all benefited, he just looked at things from a limited perspective,” Wagner said. “You know who hasn’t benefited since all of these things went on? Sponsors, they paid all the bills. TV went out, everything All are falling, but they are asked to pay more. So, it’s good for you, and I’m glad you’re making more money than you did in 199. Also, he told everyone to overcome it. Rory is in A lot has been said in the past few seasons that rubbed a lot of players in the wrong way. Now, he hopes everyone gets over it, he is working on a small world tour. He is trying to walk himself in various ways The way. I’m a big fan of Rory, but he’s irritating me right now.”
PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan spoke on Wednesday on McIlroy and suggested that the PGA Tour deal with the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund could be very Funding for LIV will be provided soon.
McIlroy and Monahan both talked about unifying golf, by bringing all the top men’s players back to a tour. This vision is in stark contrast to Liv’s plan to continue to grow and become part of the golf ecosystem, rather than just folding it into something that PGA Tour and then being ignored.
McIlroy is part of the three-person PGA Tour Trading Subcommittee for Tiger Woods and Adam Scott. Monahan and Scott met with President Donald Trump last week to seek help with the PIF deal. Woods played golf with Trump on Sunday, while McIlroy did so before the president took office.
Everyone sees things through their own lens. McIlroy changed his perspective on many things, but it was a sign of anyone’s growth and evolution. This does not mean that you have to agree to a change in your position, or that the contradictions cannot be resolved.
McIlroy did it when she explained how her mind changed on Wednesday.
“I didn’t feel that way because of a fracture in the first place… It wasn’t good for the game, it wasn’t good for the whole game,” McIlroy said. “I didn’t expect that both tours were good. I think we both were The major tournament like this is very good. We all went to the big tournament, which is a very good thing, but for this trip, it was not sustainable.
“I’m against a lot. I’m against 54 holes. I’m against the concept of the team in some way, but when you kind of get out of it and look at the overall situation, it’s like we’re doing better for it.”
But what McIlroy is trying to do is look at the bigger picture and what professional golf needs for men, and it’s the best player to play the game every year – a handful of non-tiger-smashed players.
Wagner, like McIlroy, has the right to express his opinion. They both hope that the PGA Tour will succeed and grow. Their best way is different.
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Josh Schrock is a golf writer and journalist. com. Before joining golf, Josh was an insider of Chicago Bears in NBC Sports. He has previously reported 49 people and fighters in the NBC Sports Bay area. Josh, an Oregon native and UO alum, spent time hiking with his wife and dogs, pondering how ducks will be sad again and trying to become half-mature. For golf, Josh will never stop breaking the 90s and never lose confidence that a major drought in Rory McIlroy will end. Josh can be contacted at josh.schrock@golf.com.
