US President Donald Trump will support PGA Tour over LIV Golf, claims Rory Mcllroy
In a conversation with the Genesis Invitational at Torrey Pines, Rory Mcllroy said Donald Trump had told him that he doesn’t approve LIV’s 54-hole format.
In a conversation with the Genesis Invitational at Torrey Pines, Rory Mcllroy said Donald Trump had told him that he doesn’t approve LIV’s 54-hole format.
LIV Golf is backed by the sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia.
The accord also included providing Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy their own LIV squads, which both players had previously rejected.
Earlier, the PGA Tour, LIV and the DP world tour were locked in a heated rivalry to dominate golf until the merger was announced, with both sides trading heavy blows.
Earlier this month, The PGA Tour, DP World Tour, and LIV Golf came together to announce a historic partnership.
The proposed combined entity will see Yasir Al-Rumayyan serve as the chairman, who is currently the governor of PIF.
The PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan said that the players who have denied the million-dollar offers from LIV Golf will be rewarded for their loyalty.
As part of the deal, both LIV Golf and PGA will drop the lawsuits against each other with immediate effect.
As part of the deal, both LIV Golf and PGA will be dropping the lawsuits against each other effective immediately.
Meanwhile, the PGA Tour is expected to take action against them, which would bar them from playing its events.