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Bob Harig

Rory McIlroy Says PGA Tour Doesn’t Need a LIV Golf Deal

Rory McIlroy said Wednesday that a deal between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf "doesn't feel like it's any closer." | Denis Poroy-Imagn Images

ORLANDO — If it wasn’t already, it is becoming more apparent that the Feb. 20 meeting at the White House involving the PGA Tour and the Public Investment Fund that was meant to be another step in bringing men’s professional golf back together may have actually widened the gap.

The mood in the aftermath of the meeting, which included President Trump along with PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan, player directors Tiger Woods and Adam Scott and Yasir Al-Rumayyan of the PIF, has been decidedly less upbeat after initial optimism that a deal was close.

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