Rory McIlroy insists PGA Tour not copying LIV Golf as 'rebels' SOUND OFF!
Rory McIlroy has come under heavy fire from the LIV Golf League pros after the PGA Tour confirmed a number of elevated events will have no cuts from 2024.
Rory McIlroy has insisted the radical changes announced by the PGA Tour are no copy of the LIV Golf League.
In case you missed the bombshell news, it was confirmed that from 2024 the PGA Tour is formulating ideas that a number of their elevated events will be contested by fields of 70-78 players.
And the biggest change? The absence of a cut which has been met with a chorus of sarcasm by a number of the players who joined the breakaway tour, led by Greg Norman.
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"I've spent a year reading how good full fields and cuts are," posted former World No. 1 and Majesticks GC player Lee Westwood.
Ian Poulter then chimed in: "Saw this coming. When will the penny drop with so many of what has actually happened here?"
Poulter added:
It should be noted that McIlroy said the changes were 'to be determined', so there is a chance the no-cut element could be scrapped.
That being said, the changes make the 'product' much easier to sell to the sponsors, he told the media on Wednesday ahead of the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill.
Defending the changes, McIlroy said:
He added:
It has been confirmed via a memo from PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan that the majors and the Players will remain cut events.
There is absolutely no doubt that these changes have been spearheaded by the likes of McIlroy and Tiger Woods.
Read the memo here:
This all emanated from a players' only meeting in Delaware last August where the cream of the crop met to discuss how to combat LIV Golf and prevent the Saudi-backed tour from pinching any more of their stars.
In a way, it mirrored what happened 30 years ago when the aforementioned Norman gathered players and touted the idea of a world golf tour.
Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer said no. Others followed.
McIlroy continued:
The Northern Irishman, 33, said the PGA Tour had to bear in mind that negotiations over a new media rights deal will come around quick.
He continued:
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