Rory McIlroy may have doubled down on his "hate" for LIV Golf following the shock merger of the PGA Tour, DP World Tour and the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund (PIF), but the world No.3 has praised the Kingdom's money man.
Yasir Al-Rumayyan, the director of the PIF which owns LIV and Newcastle United, will sit on the board of the new entity that will run professional golf, alongside PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan and policy board members Jimmy Dunne and Ed Herlihy – leaving LIV commissioner Greg Norman locked out from the top table in the sport.
The future of the professional game remains uncertain with so many details of the merger still to be thrashed out, with huge question marks over whether LIV will continue beyond the end of its second season this year. But speaking at the Canadian Open in Toronto, where McIlroy is in contention for a third straight title, sitting two shots off the lead going into the final day, the Northern Irishman gave his verdict on the PGA Tour's new bankroller.
