Rory McIlroy reacts to latest LIV Golf developments: ‘I’m glad I was wrong’
Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Rory McIlroy has commented on the future of LIV Golf amid doubts over how the league will look once the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia has withdrawn their financial support. McIlroy would be forgiven for feeling the urge to take something of a victory lap. Those who remained loyal to the PGA Tour and DP World Tour must now feel that their decisions to stay have been vindicated.
There is no indication that LIV Golf is going away completely. However, it certainly appears that the days of LIV as we know it are now numbered, with the PIF set to walk away from the league after the season. It has been a dramatic turnaround when you consider that the framework agreement was announced less than three years ago.
In fact, the two sides met at the White House just last year to try and thrash out a deal. Rory McIlroy comments on the future of LIV Golf Rory McIlroy was one of those who eventually felt that the game needed an agreement between the two biggest tours to bring an end to its civil war. But speaking ahead of the PGA Championship , the 37-year-old suggested that the PGA Tour was clearly correct to stand its ground.
He also shed light on just how in the dark those involved with LIV were about the speculation concerning the league’s future. “I’m glad I was wrong. I can admit when I’m wrong, and that was one that I did get wrong,” he said.
Photo by Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images “I think it was always a possibility to happen. Look, I think everyone knows with everything that’s happening in the Middle East, that had a lot to do; but whenever you have funding tied so much to the geopolitical landscape in the world, that’s a tricky road to navigate. “Yeah, their priorities shifted, and that leaves LIV in a pretty precarious spot, but again, it was always a possibility.