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Rory McIlroy talks to President Donald Trump last month to stop golf conversations with the PGA Tour-Liv and say that top men's golfers have to put aside hurt feelings to make a new beginning.
The 35-year-old four-time main winner from Northern Ireland, descending from his 27th PGA Tour triumph two weeks ago on Pebble Beach, said he had played Golf with Trump in early January and believes Trump supported PGA over Saudita Supports Liv.
“It was really good. I thought we had a good discussion, “Makilroy told the AFP news agency. “I learned that he is not a fan of Liv shape. I was like, but you are hosting their events. He was like, yes, but that doesn't mean I like it. So I think he's on the tour. “
Several best PGA players have fastened to Upstart Liv Golf from their 2022 debut and were quickly banned by the PGA Tour, leaving the main tournaments as the only place where the elite golf men compete with each other.
The Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund (PIF), LIV financiers, whose governor is Yasir Al-Rumaian, and the PGA TOUR submitted an investment agreement agreement in June 2023, but is 14 months after a final negotiating transaction deadline , stopped.
Machilroy said Trump, who met last week with PGA Tour Jay Monahan commissioner, can help you make a deal.
“The president, he can do many things,” McIlroy said. “He has direct access to the head of Yasir. Not many people have this. Not many people can say, “I want you to do this deal and, by the way, I'm talking to your boss, I'll tell him the same.”
“There are a few things he can do. It can have an impact. He loves the golf game … I think every time he says something, they listen to them and I think it's a big thing. “
A quick deal can lead to a top tour for 2026, Makilroy said.
“I absolutely think that in '26 you can get to the point when we play together more often,” McIlroy said.
McIlroy goes with Donald Trump Jr. Wednesday practically a round of Tori Pinence for PGA Genesis Invitational worth $ 20 million, moved by Riviera due to January fires in Los Angeles.
“Feel in good shape, obviously getting off the back of Pebble. I'm just trying to keep it, ”McIlroy said.
Mcilroy said that when the rules were discarded for PGA's return by LIV players, those who were “hurt” in defects should “overcome” for everyone.
“We have all done better than all this. Whether you are left with the PGA Tour or left, we have all taken advantage, “Machilroy said.
“Everyone just has to overcome it and we all have to say well, this is a starting point and we are moving forward.
“If people are injured on the ass or their feelings hurt because the boys have gone or whatever, like who cares? Let's move on together. “
Would you like Mcilroy to see LIV players serve as Ryder Cup captains? “I'll have to be convinced,” he said.
Machilroy said that the more rich purses after Liv arrived helped him to overcome the injury to the original split. “I make more money now than in 2019 and if Liv had not come, I don't know if I could say it,” McIlroy said.
“Initially, I didn't feel that way because of the fracture. It was not good for the overall game … It is unstable for both tours. “
The strategic sports group, a collection of US team owners, invests $ 1.5 billion in PGA Tour Enterprises, a new company under the control of PGA Tour, and Saudes PIF is expected to invest the same if a deal is concluded.
Machilroy says investors are looking for a more global tuning. “They want to see all the best players compete for each other more often,” he said. “I think they want to own and manage more than their own tournaments.
“They probably would like to see it more to like the Formula 1 Global Model, but it's very difficult to do.”
Liv CEO excited by “probable” PIF investment in PGA
Scott O'Neal, recently at work as CEO of Liv Golf, has taken an optimistic view of the future of his chain.
The financial supporter of LIV, PIF, is “likely to invest in PGA Tour businesses,” O'Neal said.
The PGA Tour Enterprises is a wing with a PGA Tour profit and is at the heart of conversations about a possible merger between competing tours.
“For us in LIV, we hope that (PIF link to the PGA Tour Enterprises) is unlocking the opportunity,” O'Neal told Reuters in Adelaide, Australia, Liv Golf's website this weekend. “This can unlock the opportunity with markets, with courses, with marketing partners, with television networks, with growing games, with competition opportunities, with new formats.
“I grew up in New York if you have not been able to tell so far with my fun accent, and the state motto is Excelsior, which means a look on and up, and we are very excited about a potential investment with PIF and PGA Tour Enterprises. “
O'Neal, who replaced the golf legend Greg Norman as CEO of Liv Golf this year, has announced the work he has done so far.
“A short 40 days passed here, but in the 40th days I saw an agreement from the United States with FOX, a broadcasting agreement, I saw an agreement on the United Kingdom with ITV to spend us on the UK,” he said. “This is the only golf to be on air in the UK, I saw our first pillar partnership with Madden. I have seen enlarged stars. I have seen a successful event in Riyadh. I have seen interest from all over the world. We are already broadcasting in 100 countries and territories, over 800 million households.
“So I see inertia. You don't have to look too far from here to feel that we will have the biggest event in the history of Liv Golf here, right here in Adelaide. “
O'Neal praised the work done by his predecessor. “Greg is an icon,” O'Neal said. “He's a friend. He is the reason I am here today. I spent a lot of time with him in my 30-day lead to this role and every day since I committed myself, I asked questions and learning, and I hope that he is part of LIV forever.
“We just had a boarding meeting last week. He sits on board, which is another wonderful will that we can take advantage of his experience, his guidance, his friendship and all the challenges, at the board meeting. I was hoping for a friendly (colleague) on the other side of the table, but he mixed it quite well.
“It's a pretty gift to have it as part of Liv. I have the feeling that he was the right person at the right time and I hope I can stand on the giants shoulders and move the league forward. “
