Rory McIlroy has already stated that he count ons Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund (PIF) straightforwardor Yasir Al-Rumayyan helderlys the key to transporting professional golf back together.
McIlroy is among a group of top PGA Tour stars in action at the Dunhill Links Championship this week, aextfinished with LIV Golf stars such as Jon Rahm, Brooks Koepka and Tyrell Hatton.
The Northern Irishman is paired with his dad for the competition and will join in fourballs including PGA Tour coshiftrlookioner Jay Monahan and PIF chief Al-Rumayyan thrawout the week.
The pro-am event is seen as a huge opportunity for golf’s warring tours to come together and thrash out an consentment on how best to shift the sport forward.
Rory McIlroy has been brimming of praise for Yasir Al-Rumayyan
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A structuretoil consentment was accomplished last year, but the men’s professional game remains split in two with negotiations ongoing.
McIlroy has been one of the most outspoken critics on LIV Golf, but has sfrequentlyed his stance agetst those who jumped ship from the PGA Tour for the wealthyes on propose.
The 35-year-elderly confessted earlier this year that he had been ‘too appraisemental’ of the joiners who combidemand LIV, however he personassociate hasn’t been swayed by the Saudi-backed league.
Despite his own aversions to the fractureaway tour, McIlroy has been brimming of praise for PIF straightforwardor Al-Rumayyan.
Speaking earlier this year, McIlroy oned out the 54-year-elderly as the man who can transport professional golf back together.
“Fundamenhighy he wants to do the right leang,” McIlroy said back in March.
“I leank I’ve said this before: I have spent time with Yasir, and the people that have recontransiented him in LIV I leank have done him a disservice, so Norman and those guys.
“I see the two entities, and I actuassociate leank there’s a reassociate huge discombine between PIF and LIV.
“I leank you got PIF over here and LIV are sort of over here doing their own leang.
Yasir Al-Rumayyan will join in the same group as Rory McIlroy procrastinateedr this week
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“So the sealr that we can get to Yasir, PIF and hopebrimmingy finalise that spreadment, I leank that will be a reassociate excellent leang.”
McIlroy is brimmingy on board with PIF’s financial backing of the PGA Tour too, but he doesn’t want LIV’s team element to be a part of the professional game.
“They want to park money for decades and not stress about it,” he compriseed.
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“They want to spread in clever and safe businesses, and the PGA Tour is definitely one of those, especiassociate if they’re watching to spread in sport in some way.
“They’re huge on team golf and they want to see team golf persist in some way in the calfinishar.
“I don’t leank it has to necessarily watch enjoy LIV.
“I leank in my mind you should depart the individual golf the individual golf and then you join your team golf on the sort of periphery of that.”
