Rory McIlroy condemns LIV Golf for 'ripping the game apart'
Aug 30, 2022 4:09:25 GMT
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Post by trueblue on Aug 30, 2022 4:09:25 GMT
'Rory McIlroy condemns LIV Golf for 'ripping the game apart' after extraordinary Tour Championship victory'
(CNN)In the months since the establishment of the controversial Saudi-backed LIV Golf Invitational Series, men's golf has divided itself into two rival camps -- those who form a part of LIV Golf and those still party to the PGA Tour.
"What it's done to the world of men's professional golf is ripped it apart, which is unfortunate," four-time major winner Rory McIlroy told CNN Sport's Patrick Snell following his extraordinary Tour Championship victory on Sunday.
"I think there are ways to mend that and bring it back together. But with everything else that's going on right now, I don't see that happening anytime in the future."
Before the BMW Championship two weeks ago, McIlroy participated in a meeting of top PGA players to discuss the threat of the breakaway LIV Golf series which is funded by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) -- a sovereign wealth fund chaired by Mohammed bin Salman, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia and the man who a US intelligence report named as responsible for approving the operation that led to the 2018 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Bin Salman has denied involvement in Khashoggi's murder.
Before the BMW Championship two weeks ago, McIlroy participated in a meeting of top PGA players to discuss the threat of the breakaway LIV Golf series which is funded by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) -- a sovereign wealth fund chaired by Mohammed bin Salman, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia and the man who a US intelligence report named as responsible for approving the operation that led to the 2018 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Bin Salman has denied involvement in Khashoggi's murder.