'Good business' for PGA Tour if LIV players return - McIlroy
Summary
Rory McIlroy said that if players who left the PGA Tour for LIV Golf return, it would be good for the PGA Tour. LIV Golf is losing financial support from Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and is trying to find new investors. Some players are uncertain about their future with LIV and their options to play on other tours.Key Facts
- Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund will stop funding LIV Golf at the end of the year.
- LIV Golf has created an independent board to help find new investors.
- Rory McIlroy is skeptical about LIV Golf’s chances of finding new financial backing.
- McIlroy said welcoming back players who left for LIV Golf would benefit the PGA Tour and the DP World Tour.
- Bryson DeChambeau, a LIV player, plans to focus on his YouTube channel if LIV Golf ends.
- Some players, like Brooks Koepka, have already returned to the PGA Tour through a special program.
- Others, such as Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton, have agreements to continue playing on the European DP World Tour.
- McIlroy supports the PGA Tour as the best place to compete but respects players' choices to play elsewhere.
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