No2 Mondial Rory McILroy spoke of a potential agreement to unite golf.
The launch of the Liv Golf supported by Saudi in 2022 caused a fracture in sport, the American duo Brooks Koepka and Bryson Dechambeau among the high -level players leave the PGA Tour for new pastures.
A potential merger was mentioned for the first time in 2023, and the talks took place between the PGA Tour, the golf president of Liv, Yasir al-Rumayyan, and American president Donald Trump in the White House last month.
However, McILroy always thinks that there is a long way to go before an agreement is concluded between the parties concerned.
“I don’t think it has ever been so close, but that does not feel like it’s closer,” McILroy told journalists when he made his verdict on a possible agreement.
“I think the story around the golf course would host an agreement in terms of receiving the best players together.
Rory McILroy does not think that an agreement merges the PGA Tour and Liv Golf is getting closer
Discussions took place between the PGA Tour, the president of Liv, Yasir al-Rumayyan (right) and Donald Trump (on the left) last month, but an agreement is not yet concluded
“But I don’t think the PGA Tour needs an agreement.”
McILroy hinted that a reluctance to find common ground could hold a truce between the PGA Tour and the LIV golf, but is convinced that the first remains as strong as ever.
Explaining why an agreement was not yet in place, McILroy replied: “It takes two in Tango.
“If one party is arranged and ready and the other is not, it makes things difficult.
“The landscape may have looked a little different from what it does now in recent weeks.
“I think that an agreement would always be the ideal scenario for golf as a whole, but from a PGA pure point of view, I don’t think it necessarily needs it.”