For the rest of my career’: Rory McIlroy reiterates stance amid LIV Golf rumor… click for more details 👇
f there was ever any chance Rory McIlroy would leave the PGA Tour for a lucrative contract with LIV Golf, he might have put an end to that possibility with one brief interview Tuesday.
Speaking to Golf Channel’s Todd Lewis on-site at this week’s RBC Heritage on Hilton Head Island, S.C., McIlroy denied a recent rumor that he was contemplating a move to LIV Golf. City AM, a London-based financial paper, reported on Monday, citing unnamed sources, that “McIlroy is close to joining LIV Golf.”
McIlroy addressed it at Harbour Town.
“I honestly don’t know how these things get started,” McIlroy told Lewis. “I’ve never been offered a number from LIV, and I’ve never contemplated going to LIV. Again, I think I’ve made it clear over the past two years that I don’t think it’s something for me. Doesn’t mean I judge people that have went and played over there. I think one of the things that I have realized over the past two years is that people can make their own decisions for whatever they think is best for themselves, and who are we to judge them for that. But personally for me, my future is here on the PGA Tour, and it’s never been any different.”
McIlroy has long been one of the PGA Tour’s biggest defenders and LIV critics since the start-up league came to fruition a couple years ago, although he felt blindsided when the two sides announced last June they were working on a merger.
“It’s hard for me to not sit up here and feel like a sacrificial lamb,” said McIlroy, less than 24 hours after the deal was made. “[I’m] feeling like I’ve put myself out there and this is what happens.”
In the time since the merger — which is still pending — McIlroy has softened his stance on LIV, at least publicly. Two of his 2023 Ryder Cup teammates, Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton, joined LIV for the 2024 season.
