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Todd Lewis joins Golf Today to report on the fallout from Rory McIlroy not returning to the PGA Tour policy board, exploring what it means for Webb Simpson, the PGA Tour-PIF deal and golf’s future. #GolfChannel #PGATour #rorymcilroy
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  • 0:01 | EARLIER TODAY, WITH MORE ON THAT
  • 0:03 | STORY, WE SAY HELLO TO TODD
  • 0:05 | WHAT DID WE LEARN FROM THE WORLD
  • 0:06 | NUMBER TWO TODAY?
  • 0:09 | >> WELL, WE’VE LEARNED THAT RORY
  • 0:11 | McILROY HAS DONE A COMPLETE 180.
  • 0:13 | THIS HAS SOME HISTORY.
  • 0:14 | LET’S GO BACK 11 MONTHS, THE
  • 0:16 | SUMMER OF 2023 AT THE TIME, RORY
  • 0:17 | McILROY WAS A MEMBER OF THE PGA
  • 0:19 | TOUR POLICY BOARD, AND THEN, OF
  • 0:21 | COURSE, THAT SURPRISING JUNE 6th
  • 0:24 | ANNOUNCEMENT, THE AGREEMENT
  • 0:25 | BETWEEN THE PGA TOUR AND THE
  • 0:29 | ARABIA, THAT CAUGHT EVERYONE BY
  • 0:31 | SURPRISE, INCLUDING RORY
  • 0:33 | McILROY, WHO FOUND OUT DAY OF.
  • 0:36 | HE FELT A BIT BETRAYED BECAUSE
  • 0:37 | HE WAS THE FACE OF THE PGA TOUR
  • 0:39 | IN HIS COMPETITIVE BATTLE
  • 0:42 | AGAINST LIV GOLF AND AT THE TIME
  • 0:44 | HE CONSIDERED RESIGNING FROM THE
  • 0:46 | BUT THOSE IN HIS ORBIT,
  • 0:48 | INCLUDING MEMBERS OF THE POLICY
  • 0:50 | BOARD, CONVINCED RORY TO STAY ON
  • 0:52 | THE BOARD.
  • 0:53 | HOWEVER, LATER IN THE YEAR IN
  • 0:55 | NOVEMBER, RORY CITING HE WANTED
  • 0:57 | TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH HIS
  • 0:59 | FAMILY, CONCENTRATE ON HIS GAME,
  • 1:01 | DID INDEED RESIGN FROM THE PGA
  • 1:03 | TOUR POLICY BOARD.
  • 1:04 | HE HAS OBSERVED WHAT’S GOING ON
  • 1:05 | IN THIS FRACTURE BETWEEN THE PGA
  • 1:06 | TOUR AND LIV GOLF AND THE GAME
  • 1:08 | IN GENERAL, AND HE WANTS TO
  • 1:11 | JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO HE SAID HE
  • 1:13 | WANTED TO BE BACK ON THE PGA
  • 1:15 | TOUR POLICY BOARD AND HE WANTED
  • 1:16 | TO REPLACE WEBB SIMPSON, WHO WAS
  • 1:19 | GOING TO STEP ASIDE IN
  • 1:20 | AGREEMENT.
  • 1:21 | THERE WAS GOING TO BE A VOTE BY
  • 1:22 | THE POLICY BOARD AS TO WHETHER
  • 1:23 | OR NOT TO BRING RORY BACK ON THE
  • 1:26 | BOARD, BUT TODAY McILROY
  • 1:27 | ANNOUNCED OFFICIALLY THAT HE HAS
  • 1:29 | PULLED HIMSELF AWAY FROM
  • 1:31 | CONSIDERATION ON GETTING BACK ON
  • 1:36 | TO THE POLICY BOARD, MEANING
  • 1:37 | WEBB SIMPSON WILL STAY ON UNTIL
  • 1:40 | AND McILROY WENT INTO FURTHER
  • 1:42 | DETAIL ON THAT DECISION.
  • 1:43 | >> THERE’S BEEN A LOT OF
  • 1:45 | CONVERSATIONS.
  • 1:46 | SORT OF REMINDED ME, PARTLY, WHY
  • 1:48 | I DIDN’T WANT TO — YEAH, SO I
  • 1:55 | THINK — IT GOT PRETTY
  • 1:57 | COMPLICATED AND PRETTY MESSY,
  • 1:59 | AND I THINK WITH THE WAY — THE
  • 2:02 | WAY IT HAPPENED, I THINK IT
  • 2:04 | OPENED UP SOME OLD WOUNDS AND
  • 2:06 | SCAR TISSUE FROM THINGS THAT
  • 2:07 | HAVE HAPPENED BEFORE.
  • 2:11 | SO, YEAH, I THINK — AND I THINK
  • 2:17 | THERE WAS A SUBSET OF PEOPLE ON
  • 2:19 | THE BOARD THAT WERE MAYBE
  • 2:21 | BACK ON FOR SOME REASON.
  • 2:26 | AND, YEAH, I THINK THAT THE
  • 2:30 | BEST — I THINK THE BEST COURSE
  • 2:31 | OF ACTION IS IF, YOU KNOW,
  • 2:33 | THERE’S SOME PEOPLE ON THERE
  • 2:35 | THAT AREN’T COMFORTABLE WITH ME
  • 2:38 | COMING BACK ON, THEN I THINK
  • 2:40 | WEBB JUST STAYS ON AND SEES OUT
  • 2:43 | HIS TERM.
  • 2:44 | AND I THINK HE’S GOTTEN TO A
  • 2:45 | PLACE WHERE HE’S COMFORTABLE
  • 2:46 | WITH DOING THAT.
  • 2:48 | AND I JUST SORT OF KEEP DOING
  • 2:50 | WHAT I’M DOING.
  • 2:54 | SO, YEAH, I PUT MY HAND UP TO
  • 2:58 | HELP AND — I WOULDN’T SAY IT
  • 3:01 | WAS REJECTED
  • 3:02 | IT WAS A COMPLICATED PROCESS TO
  • 3:04 | PUT ME BACK ON THERE, SO THAT’S
  • 3:05 | ALL FINE.
  • 3:06 | NO HARD FEELINGS AND WE’LL ALL
  • 3:08 | >> YOU’VE EXPRESSED YOUR
  • 3:10 | THOUGHTS ON THIS SEVERAL TIMES
  • 3:12 | ABOUT THAT YOU — I DON’T KNOW
  • 3:14 | IF IMPATIENT IS THE RIGHT WORD,
  • 3:16 | BUT YOU’RE NOT HAPPY WHERE WE’RE
  • 3:19 | AT, THAT IT’S TAKEN THIS LONG TO
  • 3:21 | GET ANYWHERE.
  • 3:22 | CAN YOU STILL AFFECT CHANGE FROM
  • 3:25 | THE OUTSIDE, AND WHAT DO YOU
  • 3:26 | THINK THE HOLD-UP IS?
  • 3:29 | >> SO IN TERMS OF — I WOULD SAY
  • 3:36 | I’M IMPATIENT BECAUSE I THINK
  • 3:38 | WE’VE GOT THIS WINDOW OF
  • 3:39 | OPPORTUNITY TO GET IT DONE
  • 3:41 | BECAUSE BOTH SIDES FROM A
  • 3:42 | BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE — I
  • 3:44 | WOULDN’T SAY NEED TO GET IT
  • 3:45 | DONE, BUT IT MAKES SENSE.
  • 3:50 | AND I JUST THINK — I SORT OF
  • 3:52 | LIKEN IT TO, LIKE, WHEN NORTHERN
  • 3:55 | IRELAND WENT THROUGH THE PEACE
  • 3:56 | PROCESS IN THE ’90s AND THE GOOD
  • 3:58 | FRIDAY AGREEMENT, YOU KNOW,
  • 3:59 | NEITHER SIDE WAS HAPPY,
  • 4:03 | CATHOLICS WEREN’T HAPPY, BUT IT
  • 4:07 | AND THEN YOU JUST SORT OF LEARN
  • 4:09 | TO LIVE WITH WHATEVER HAS BEEN
  • 4:12 | NEGOTIATED, RIGHT?
  • 4:13 | AND, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS IN 1998
  • 4:15 | OR WHATEVER IT WAS, AND 25, 30
  • 4:22 | YEARS AHEAD MY GENERATION
  • 4:24 | DOESN’T KNOW ANY DIFFERENT.
  • 4:25 | THIS IS WHAT IT’S ALWAYS BEEN
  • 4:26 | LIKE AND WE’VE NEVER KNOWN
  • 4:28 | ANYTHING BUT PEACE.
  • 4:32 | SO THAT’S SORT OF HOW I — IT’S
  • 4:34 | MY LITTLE, I GUESS, WAY OF
  • 4:36 | TRYING TO THINK ABOUT IT AND
  • 4:38 | TRYING TO MAKE BOTH SIDES SEE
  • 4:39 | THAT THERE COULD BE A COMPROMISE
  • 4:41 | AND, YEAH, IT’S PROBABLY NOT
  • 4:42 | GOING TO FEEL GREAT FOR EITHER
  • 4:44 | BUT IF IT’S A PLACE WHERE THE
  • 4:46 | GAME OF GOLF STARTS TO THRIVE
  • 4:48 | AGAIN AND WE CAN ALL GET BACK
  • 4:50 | TOGETHER, THEN I THINK THAT’S
  • 4:52 | ULTIMATELY A REALLY GOOD THING.
  • 4:53 | >> RORY AND I HAVE BEEN FRIENDS
  • 4:54 | FOR A LONG TIME.
  • 4:56 | I PLAYED AGAINST HIM IN THE
  • 4:57 | WALKER CUP IN 2007 AND HE AND I
  • 5:01 | HAVE TALKED ALL THINGS GOLF,
  • 5:02 | WINE, PARENTING.
  • 5:03 | HE AND I TALK ON A FAIRLY
  • 5:05 | REGULAR BASIS, AND, YOU KNOW,
  • 5:08 | RORY, HE’S ALWAYS HAD GREAT
  • 5:11 | IDEAS OF HOW DO WE MOVE FORWARD,
  • 5:15 | HOW DO WE GET THE LOVE AND
  • 5:16 | ATTENTION FROM FANS BACK FROM,
  • 5:18 | YOU KNOW, WHERE WE HAD IT MAYBE
  • 5:21 | TWO YEARS AGO.
  • 5:22 | HOW DO WE GROW OUR BUSINESS?
  • 5:23 | I MEAN, ALL THINGS RELATED TO
  • 5:25 | THE PGA TOUR.
  • 5:26 | AND SO I THINK THOSE
  • 5:27 | CONVERSATIONS JUST LED TO A
  • 5:30 | THOUGHT OF WANTING HIM TO BE NOT
  • 5:33 | NECESSARILY IN EVERY
  • 5:35 | CONVERSATION, BUT IN MORE
  • 5:36 | AND I THINK THE PLAYERS ON THE
  • 5:38 | BOARD WERE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF
  • 5:40 | HIM BEING MORE INVOLVED, AND IN
  • 5:42 | THOSE CONVERSATIONS I THINK THEY
  • 5:43 | ALL SEE THE VITAL ROLE HE PLAYS,
  • 5:45 | NOT ONLY ON THE PGA TOUR, BUT
  • 5:50 | HE’S A DP WORLD TOUR MEMBER AND
  • 5:51 | THERE’S SUCH AN IMPORTANT PIECE
  • 5:53 | OF THE GAME OF GOLF AND OUR
  • 5:55 | SO HIS PERSPECTIVE IS
  • 5:57 | HE’S A GLOBAL PLAYER, ALWAYS HAS
  • 5:59 | AND SO I JUST THINK HIS VIEWS
  • 6:02 | AND THE OTHER GUYS FEEL THE
  • 6:05 | WE KIND OF HAD TO FIGURE OUT,
  • 6:07 | WHERE IS HIS PLACE?
  • 6:10 | HOW CAN WE — YOU KNOW, HOW CAN
  • 6:12 | WE HONOR OUR ROLE AS BOARD
  • 6:13 | MEMBERS AND OUR COMMITMENT TO
  • 6:14 | THE TOUR, BUT ALSO BRING IN A
  • 6:16 | GUY AT LEAST TO VOICE HIS IDEAS
  • 6:19 | AND JUST SEE HOW HE CAN HELP US.
  • 6:21 | AND HE’S BEEN GREAT.
  • 6:22 | HE JUST WANTS TO HELP AT THE END
  • 6:25 | OF THE DAY.
  • 6:26 | WANTED NOT TO CAUSE ANY DRAMA OR
  • 6:29 | BIG STORIES.
  • 6:30 | JUST AT THE END OF THE DAY, JUST
  • 6:31 | AND HE SAID THAT YESTERDAY.
  • 6:33 | WE HAD A GREAT LUNCH JUST
  • 6:35 | TALKING ABOUT HOW THIS CAN ALL
  • 6:36 | WORK FOR THE GOOD OF THE TOUR.
  • 6:39 | AND I THINK WE’RE ALL ON THE
  • 6:40 | SAME PAGE WITH THAT.
  • 6:42 | >> NOW, OF COURSE, STRATEGIC
  • 6:45 | SPORTS GROUP BECAME AN INVESTOR
  • 6:46 | WITH THE PGA TOUR TO CREATE PGA
  • 6:48 | TOUR ENTERPRISES, AND I CAN TELL
  • 6:50 | YOU IN THOSE PGA TOUR POLICY
  • 6:52 | BOARD MEETINGS THERE HAD BEEN
  • 6:54 | DISCUSSIONS OF NOT ALIGNING
  • 6:55 | THEMSELVES WITH THE PUBLIC
  • 6:57 | INVESTMENT FUND OF SAUDI ARABIA,
  • 6:58 | JUST SUSTAINING THAT PARTNERSHIP
  • 7:00 | WITH SSG AND MOVING ALONG ON THE
  • 7:02 | PGA TOUR.
  • 7:03 | RORY McILROY IS ADAMANTLY
  • 7:04 | AGAINST THAT.
  • 7:05 | HE THINKS THAT A DEAL SHOULD BE
  • 7:06 | MADE BETWEEN THE PGA TOUR, PGA
  • 7:08 | TOUR ENTERPRISES AND THE DP
  • 7:11 | WORLD TOUR, SSG AND THE PUBLIC
  • 7:13 | INVESTMENT FUND.
  • 7:14 | THAT IS HIS MAIN MOTIVATION.
  • 7:15 | AND YOU HEARD WEBB SIMPSON
  • 7:17 | THERE, WHAT IS RORY McILROY’S
  • 7:18 | HE’S NOT GOING TO BE ON THE PGA
  • 7:21 | TOUR POLICY BOARD, BUT TALKING
  • 7:22 | TO SOURCES I’M BEING TOLD THAT
  • 7:24 | RORY IS GOING TO HAVE A VERY
  • 7:26 | STRONG VOICE IN TRYING TO GET
  • 7:27 | THIS DEAL DONE.
  • 7:28 | IT’S NOT GOING TO BE ON THE
  • 7:30 | POLICY BOARD AND DETAILS MAY BE
  • 7:31 | COMING OUT SOON.
  • 7:33 | BUT HE IS GOING TO HAVE
  • 7:34 | SIGNIFICANT INFLUENCE IN TRYING
  • 7:35 | TO GET THIS DEAL BETWEEN THE PGA
  • 7:38 | TOUR AND PGA TOUR ENTERPRISES
  • 7:40 | AND PIF TOGETHER.
  • 7:43 | >> TODD LEWIS REPORTING ON THIS
  • 7:45 | EVOLVING STORY WITH RORY McILROY
  • 7:47 | AND THE PGA TOUR POLICY BOARD.
  • 7:49 | IT’S INTERESTING, NOT JUST A
  • 7:51 | TURNABOUT, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE
  • 7:54 | CONTENTION AMONG THE BOARD
  • 7:56 | MEMBERS, THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE
  • 7:57 | SOME SMOOTH HANDOVER BETWEEN
  • 7:59 | WEBB SIMPSON AND RORY McILROY.
  • 8:00 | >> QUITE A LOT OF CONTENTION.
  • 8:02 | I SUPPOSE IF YOU WANTED TO TAKE
  • 8:04 | A CHARITABLE LOOK AT IT, YOU
  • 8:07 | WOULD SEE THIS SPEAKS TO THE
  • 8:08 | DYSFUNCTION IN GOVERNANCE IN THE
  • 8:10 | PGA TOUR THESE DAYS.
  • 8:11 | IF YOU WANT TO BE LESS
  • 8:13 | CHARITABLE, YOU SAY, THIS IS
  • 8:15 | WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE CLOWNS
  • 8:16 | THINK THEY OUGHT TO BE RUNNING
  • 8:17 | THE BUSINESS OF THE CIRCUS.
  • 8:19 | THERE’S A LOT OF SIDE ARGUMENTS
  • 8:20 | YOU CAN MAKE THAT RORY LEFT THE
  • 8:22 | BOARD AND SHOULD HE BE ALLOWED
  • 8:24 | TO PLAY MUSICAL CHAIRS AND SOME
  • 8:26 | BACK OR HE’S TOO CLOSE TO THE
  • 8:28 | STRATEGIC SPORTS GUYS.
  • 8:30 | HE’S GOT RELATIONSHIPS WITH ALL
  • 8:32 | OF THE STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING
  • 8:33 | THE GUY WHO RUNS THE PUBLIC
  • 8:35 | IMPEACHMENT FUND OF SAUDI
  • 8:38 | ARABIA.
  • 8:39 | AND I SUPPOSE YOU’VE GOT TO
  • 8:40 | FIGURE OUT WHAT MATTERS MORE AT
  • 8:43 | ONE POINT, WHEN THE GAME IS IN
  • 8:47 | AN EXISTENTIAL CRISIS.
  • 8:48 | AND RORY WAS TOLD HE WOULD HAVE
  • 8:49 | TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS TO GET
  • 8:50 | BACK ON THE BOARD, BUT THE GUYS
  • 8:53 | WHO TOLD HIM HE WOULD HAVE TO GO
  • 8:55 | THROUGH THE PROCESS WERE WILLING
  • 8:56 | TO PUT ANOTHER PLAYER ON THE
  • 8:57 | BOARD WHO WAS ALIGNED.
  • 9:01 | IT’S NOT GOVERNANCE, IT’S A
  • 9:03 | BANANA REPUBLIC WHEN IT SUITS
  • 9:05 | THEM AND A REPUBLIC DEMOCRACY
  • 9:08 | WHEN IT DOESN’T.
  • 9:09 | THE QUESTION IS WHAT MOTIVATES
  • 9:11 | PEOPLE, AND I THINK THERE’S A
  • 9:12 | LOT OF SENTIMENT OUT THERE THAT
  • 9:14 | THERE’S A FACTION OPPOSED TO THE
  • 9:18 | SAUDI DEAL.
  • 9:20 | I’M NOT CONVINCED THAT’S THE
  • 9:21 | I THINK THERE’S A FACTION THAT
  • 9:23 | WANTS A CONDITIONAL DEAL AND
  • 9:25 | RORY IS PROBABLY TOO LAX ON THE
  • 9:27 | OTHER SIDE IN NOT WANTING
  • 9:30 | IT’S VERY MUCH FOCUSED ON WHAT
  • 9:32 | IS THE PAIN TO BE INFLICTED ON
  • 9:34 | THE LIV GUYS WHO MIGHT COME
  • 9:38 | WHAT THEY’RE REALLY FOCUSED ON
  • 9:40 | IS REVENGE FOR JUNE 6th, BECAUSE
  • 9:42 | THEY WEREN’T INFORMED OR THEY
  • 9:44 | HAD OFFERS FROM LIV THAT
  • 9:45 | SUDDENLY HAD PASSED THEM BY.
  • 9:50 | THEY WANT HEADS TO ROLL, WHETHER
  • 9:53 | IT’S JAY MONAHAN OR THE CHAIR OF
  • 9:56 | THE BOARD OR THE INDEPENDENT
  • 9:59 | THEY’RE RELENTLESSLY FOCUSED ON
  • 10:01 | REVENGE FOR JUNE 6th.
  • 10:02 | THESE ARE THE KIND OF GUYS WHO
  • 10:04 | WOULD SIT IN THE DINING ROOM OF
  • 10:05 | THE TITANIC COMPLAINING THAT
  • 10:08 | THEIR SOUP WAS COLD WHILE THE
  • 10:09 | SHIP IS TAKING ON WATER.
  • 10:11 | IT’S TIME TO HAVE A RECKONING
  • 10:13 | SHORT-TERM TO GET THROUGH THE
  • 10:14 | CRISIS, AND LONG-TERM WHETHER OR
  • 10:15 | NOT PLAYERS OUGHT TO BE IN A
  • 10:16 | POSITION OF POWER AT ALL.
  • 10:18 | >> GREAT POINT.
  • 10:19 | THESE ARE HIGHLY DECORATED
  • 10:21 | PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES, GREAT AT
  • 10:22 | HITTING A GOLF BALL.
  • 10:24 | BUT TO THINK THEY HAVE THE
  • 10:25 | MENTAL CAPACITY TO HANDLE THE
  • 10:28 | GEOPOLITICAL QUESTIONS, NOT TO
  • 10:29 | MENTION THE BUSINESS QUESTIONS
  • 10:31 | THAT ARE IN THIS ARGUMENT, YOU
  • 10:33 | KNOW, DO YOUR JOB, WHICH IS TO
  • 10:35 | PLAY GREAT GOLF.
  • 10:36 | I THINK THEY MIGHT BE IN SOME
  • 10:38 | SENSES WELL OUT OVER THEIR SKIS.
  • 10:42 | >> THEY’RE GOVERNING BY EMOTION
  • 10:46 | AND PERSONAL GRIPES.
  • 10:47 | BUT THIS ISN’T A SLEEPY
  • 10:49 | NONPROFIT ANYMORE.
  • 10:50 | YOU’VE GOT TO WONDER WHAT GUYS
  • 10:52 | LIKE JOHN HENRY, WHO JUST PUT
  • 10:56 | $1.5 BILLION INTO THE TOUR THINK
  • 10:57 | WHEN THEY’RE LOOKING AT THIS IN
  • 10:59 | TERMS OF WHAT THEY’VE GOTTEN
  • 11:01 | AND THE SAUDI ARABIAN PUBLIC
  • 11:03 | INVESTMENT FUND, HE’S BEEN
  • 11:05 | WILLING TO WASTE MONEY ON LIV.
  • 11:06 | EVEN HE’S GOT TO LOOK AT THIS
  • 11:08 | AND SAY ARE THESE GUYS TO REALLY
  • 11:10 | GET INTO BUSINESS WITH IN THE
  • 11:12 | SENSE THAT THERE’S AN
  • 11:15 | AMATEURNESS AND IT SEEMS TO BE
  • 11:17 | INFLUENCING THE GOVERNANCE.
  • 11:18 | THIS GAME IS IN AN EXTERNAL
  • 11:20 | CRISIS AND WE’VE HEARD FROM RORY
  • 11:22 | McILROY.
  • 11:23 | PATRICK CANTLAY IS THE LEADER OF
  • 11:24 | THE OTHER FACTION.
  • 11:25 | IT’S TIME WE HEARD FROM PATRICK
  • 11:29 | CANTLAY AND WHAT HE THINKS THE
  • 11:31 | END GAME OUGHT TO BE, WHETHER
  • 11:32 | IT’S SPONSORS, TOURNAMENTS,
  • 11:34 | FANS, THEY ALL DESERVE SOME KIND
  • 11:36 | OF CLARITY.
  • 11:37 | >> THERE’S NOT A LOT OF CLARITY
  • 11:38 | IN THESE NEGOTIATIONS SO FAR.
  • 11:40 | I WANT TO GO BACK TO QUAIL
  • 11:42 | HOLLOW AND BRING IN TODD LEWIS
  • 11:44 | ONCE AGAIN.
  • 11:45 | YOU HAVE MORE REPORTING ON
  • 11:46 | RORY’S POSITION AND IF HE’S
  • 11:47 | GOING TO DIG IN AND TRY TO GET A
  • 11:49 | DEAL DONE WHETHER HE’S ON THE
  • 11:50 | BOARD OR NOT.
  • 11:53 | >> WELL, RORY McILROY — I AGREE
  • 11:55 | WITH WHAT EAMON SAID THERE IN
  • 11:56 | REGARDS TO THE PLAYERS PUTTING
  • 11:58 | TOGETHER THESE MASSIVE DEALS.
  • 11:59 | RORY McILROY FEELS THAT WAY AS
  • 12:01 | YES, THESE GUYS ARE GREAT FOR
  • 12:03 | HITTING AN 8 IRON 175 YARDS, BUT
  • 12:06 | PUTTING THESE DEALS TOGETHER
  • 12:07 | SHOULD BE HANDLED BY MAJOR
  • 12:10 | RORY McILROY DOES HAVE AN
  • 12:11 | OPINION ON WHAT SHOULD BE
  • 12:12 | HAPPENING IF THIS DEAL DOES COME
  • 12:14 | HE FEELS LIKE THERE SHOULD BE
  • 12:16 | MORE OF A GLOBAL TOUR.
  • 12:17 | HE ACTUALLY SAID TODAY THAT
  • 12:18 | AMERICAN PLAYERS, FRANKLY, JUST
  • 12:20 | LIKE TO STAY IN AMERICA.
  • 12:22 | BUT THERE SHOULD BE SOME BROADER
  • 12:24 | GROWTH FOR THE GAME OF GOLF WITH
  • 12:26 | THE STAR ATHLETES FROM THE
  • 12:27 | AND HE HAS HAD SEVERAL
  • 12:30 | CONVERSATIONS WITH YASIR AL
  • 12:32 | RUMAYYAN, THE GOVERNOR OF THE
  • 12:34 | PUBLIC INVESTMENT FUND FOR SAUDI
  • 12:35 | THERE’S STICKING POINTS THAT ARE
  • 12:37 | STILL NEEDING TO BE WORKED OUT
  • 12:38 | TO MAKE THIS DEAL HAPPEN.
  • 12:40 | NUMBER ONE, YASIR AL RUMAYYAN
  • 12:41 | WANTS TO HAVE A KEY COMPONENT,
  • 12:44 | HE IS VERY FIRM ABOUT HAVING A
  • 12:46 | TEAM COMPONENT TO MAKE THIS DEAL
  • 12:48 | AND, SECONDLY, THERE IS WHAT
  • 12:49 | EAMON WAS TALKING ABOUT, TOO,
  • 12:51 | THE CONSEQUENCES FOR THESE LIV
  • 12:53 | GOLFERS IF THEY WANT TO COME
  • 12:54 | BACK AND PLAY ON THE PGA TOUR,
  • 12:57 | WHAT WILL THAT BE?
  • 12:58 | AND THERE ARE ROUGHLY 192
  • 12:59 | MEMBERS OF THE PGA TOUR OUT HERE
  • 13:03 | COMPETING IN 2024, AND YOU’LL
  • 13:05 | PROBABLY GET 192 DIFFERENT
  • 13:07 | ANSWERS.
  • 13:08 | THERE HAS TO BE UNIFORMITY WITH
  • 13:09 | THE MEMBERS ON THE PGA TOUR TO
  • 13:10 | MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
  • 13:11 | BUT RORY McILROY FEELS LIKE,
  • 13:12 | YES, THIS NEEDS TO HAPPEN FROM A
  • 13:14 | GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE AND THIS
  • 13:16 | FRACTURE, IF IT CONTINUES LIKE
  • 13:18 | IT IS, WE’RE GOING TO CONTINUE
  • 13:20 | TO LOSE FANS AT A GREATER PACE.
  • 13:22 | SO THIS NEEDS TO BE FIXED SOONER
  • 13:24 | RATHER THAN LATER.
  • 13:26 | >> COMPLICATED


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20 Comments

  1. @944clogue

    OBVIOUSLY THEY DON'T WANT HIM ON THE BOARD….. FOCUS ON GOLF RORY…… IT'S LIKE OUR GOVENMENT, A TRUE SHIT SHOW…….

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  2. @user-jm9bq8sx6x

    It means Rory saying by his actions that monahans is a vagina.

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  3. @joeperrone6677

    The current state of the PGA Tour is much like how the PGA Senior became in the early 2000's when a bunch of nobody's had taken over, TV ratings tanked and that are of the game was lost; less like the LPGA Tour issue of foreign players, who couldn't speak English dominating and just turning off the US fan base. Unless all the best players are on a single tour, the game will never grow – and, while there may be 192 people on the PGA tour, only about 40 really matter – used to be 60, but many of those have gone to LIV. It may end up that Professional Golf goes the way of NASCAR and becomes mostly irrelevant to all but the hard core fans, and that would be a shame.

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  4. @jimdesmarchais2578

    The problem is that the discussion keeps equating PIF with LIV. Rory wants the tour unified, but LIV is saying that a PIF agreement with the PGA Tour has no impact on LIV, and therefore, does not lead to unification.

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  5. @willstargate4381

    Just tell the truth, Rory was on the board, he "Quit" and now he wants back in, doesn't work that way. You can't just leave and come back when you want. He had his chance and he walked away from it. Eamon is such a homer, which is ok, he is taking care of his foreign players. Got it, but don't trash the current board members that stayed and now don't want Rory back. Did it ever occur to you that maybe the current board members felt betrayed when Rory quit? It's called life. Rory had his chance and he walked away.

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  6. @bnegs521

    No major wins in over a decade. On the downside of his career. Perfect for LIV

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  7. @bnegs521

    Team Golf = The death of golf. No one cares about team golf.

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  8. @Noeau

    It still feels like in Ryder cup terms, Rory is the enemy and is a conflict of interest for him to make decisions for the pga. Yes the pga includes the euro players from Ryder cup but none are in a controlling position. Just saying…

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  9. @caseywebb7914

    Eamon says it's revenge for June 6th. Some would use the word justice. Eamon dare not question Monahan but when he goes hopefully so do these two dopes.

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  10. @BangBang-np9nm

    Who cares what McIllroy does. Let the cry baby go to LIV

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  11. @eulerthegreatestofall147

    Too many headlines for Rory!!! he should never be part of any PGA board! why? he seems to be the one enjoying most when beating US in the past Ryder Cup, despite the fact that he is rich thanks to playing in US, etc etc etc etc etc.

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  12. @JeremiahAlphonsus

    Eamon really knows how to suck the air out of a room. What a wet blanket. This is golf, not anything serious. He’s entirely lost perspective.

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  13. @brianwalker4760

    If I'm Yasser I tell the Tour to pound sand it's over.

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