Major champion rips into PGA Tour, LIV Golf meeting: 'I'm past the point of caring...'

Matt Fitzpatrick admits he 'does not care' in the slightest that bosses of the PGA Tour, DP World Tour and LIV Golf are converging at this week's Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in a bid to try and help unify the professional game. 

PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan, Saudi PIF governer and LIV Golf boss Yasir Al-Rumayyan and newly-promoted DP World Tour CEO Guy Kinnings will all come together at this week's iconic DP World Tour event staged at St Andrews, Kingsbarns and Carnoustie. 

Monahan and Al-Rumayyan have even been paired together for today's opening round at Carnoustie. 

There is a great deal of hope in the industry that progress can be made on the PGA Tour, DP World Tour and PIF's 'Framework Agreement' since all parties are present at the 'Home of Golf'.

The partnership was proposed in June 2023, and we are still waiting for a final verdict.

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Billy Horschel is Monahan's playing partner in the pro-am format, while Al-Rumayyan is joined by LIV Golf's Dean Burmester.

Rory McIlroy and his father Gerry will join Al-Rumayyan and Burmester at St Andrews on Thursday.

McIlroy has revealed how Dunhill Links host and South African billionaire Johann Rupert has wanted to get all of golf's powerhouses together at 'The Home of Golf'. 

Check out the full Dunhill Links draw for yourself here. 

But while many are hopeful 'peace talks' can be achieved, 2022 US Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick admits he is now 'past the point of caring'.

The Englishman also does not consider there will be a great deal of time for chit-chat between Monahan and Al-Rumayyan at Carnoustie. 

A links course many consider to be the toughest on the rota. 

Fitzpatrick said: 

"Yeah, I don't think they are going to decide the future of golf in five hours around Carnoustie. I know Carnoustie is pretty bloody hard. Not much time for talking.

"Johann does an amazing job for the Tour every year, having this tournament, the money he's put into the game. I think all the players are very grateful for what he's done for this tournament and for golf in general. I know he does a lot for golf in South Africa, so obviously that's brilliant.

"I think in terms of bringing the game together this week, I'm passed the point of caring. I just don't care. 

"Me saying things to the PGA Tour board, me saying things to the DP World Tour board, it's not going to change, so why am I going to waste my time talking about it."

As for LIV Golf itself, Fitzpatrick admits he has changed his tune slightly, at least from his initial views in 2022. 

"If I'm probably brutally honest, at the start, I probably was pretty against, and it was not of any interest to me to go and play LIV," said Fitzpatrick.

"But I've always said that I understood why people went. I've got no issues with that. No issues at all.

"My issue was always, at the start, anyway, is you've gone over there. Like I don't feel like it's fair for you to try and come back and play, as well. But I would say I've changed on that now. 

"Again, I just don't care. I just want to focus on myself. I think that's what's important, and try and play the best golf I can, and that's -- I don't want to get 10 years down the road, obviously, and look back and I'm not going to sit there and think, oh, I wish I'd got more involved in that LIV and PGA Tour. It's like, you're wasting your time."

Fitzpatrick is once again joined by his mother Sue at this week's Dunhill Links. 

They won the pro-am format in 2023. 

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