Mcllroy explains reasons for shock returns to PGA tour policy board….
“I don’t think there’s been much progress made in the last eight months… I could be helpful to the process,” says Rory McIlroy on expected return to PGA Tour policy board; watch McIlroy in action from Thursday in Zurich Classic of New Orleans live on Sky Sports Golf
Rory McIlroy believes that unity is the “only way forward for the game of golf” as he explained the reasons and motivation behind his willingness to make a shock return to the PGA Tour policy board.
As reported on Tuesday, McIlroy will return to the PGA Tour’s policy board this week, subject to a vote approving his reappointment, just five months after stepping down from it.
McIlroy would replace Webb Simpson, who has reportedly offered his resignation and requested the former world No 1 takes his place.
It is expected that McIlroy’s involvement will help appease sponsors and Yasir Al-Rumayyan – chairman of the PIF – to expedite an agreement between the two parties, who are still some way apart in their visions for the sport.
In a message to Sky Sports News on Monday evening, McIlroy said: “I’d rather the men’s golf professional landscape survived this, so I’m happy to do my bit.”
On Wednesday, McIlroy faced the media for the first time since the news of his unexpected return emerged, ahead of his debut appearance in the PGA Tour’s Zurich Classic of New Orleans team event, which is live on Sky Sports Golf from 1pm on Thursday.
