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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Ewan Murray at Oak Hill

Rory McIlroy plans to stay silent on LIV and focus on US PGA performance

Rory McIlroy and Cameron Smith at Oak Hill
Rory McIlroy and Cameron Smith shake hands at Oak Hill. Smith held off McIlroy to win the 2022 Open and was a high-profile LIV recruit later in the year. Photograph: Aaron Doster/USA Today Sports

Rory McIlroy has promised a vow of silence on matters attached to LIV Golf, with the Northern Irishman determined to focus fully on his own performance for the remainder of 2023.

McIlroy’s position at the forefront of the PGA Tour’s resistance to the rebel LIV tour has seen him questioned continually regarding off‑course matters. Speaking at Oak Hill, where he hopes to win a third US PGA Championship, he was curt when the likely future of LIV was put to him.

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