Rory McIlroy and his earlier stance was never in favor of the Saudi-backed LIV Golf League. However, after the PGA Tour announced the merger deal with PIF and his fellow European Ryder Cup teammate Jon Rahm made a switch to the Saudi-funded league, his perspectives seemed to have changed drastically. Recently, he pointed out how the league had highlighted some flaws in the Tour’s system in the past two years.
Once unapologetic, Rory McIlroy was seen praising LIV Golf and its efforts to throw some light on huge gaps in the PGA Tour system. While speaking in the recent episode of The Overlap podcast on YouTube, the Irishman said,
“I can’t believe they’ve done so well for so long. So, it’s actually exposed some flaws in the system that, hopefully, golf will have a look at more. If we’re going to ask these people for so much money, we need to be able to guarantee them what they’re getting.”
