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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Ewan Murray at Sawgrass

Rory McIlroy wants ‘train to speed up’ and bring rival golf tours together

Rory McIlroy at Sawgrass
Rory McIlroy said ‘we need to try to bring the game back together’ with the PGA Tour and the Saudi Public Investment Fund unable to agree to a peace deal. Photograph: Jared C Tilton/Getty Images

Rory McIlroy has urged golf’s ­decision-makers to bring the peace deal between existing tours and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund to fruition. McIlroy has also offered much-needed backing to the PGA Tour’s commissioner, Jay Monahan.

A resolution between the sport’s establishment and the PIF – which funds the LIV Golf Series – appears no closer, nine months after a framework agreement was signed. LIV ­golfers are therefore notable absentees as the PGA Tour’s flagship event, the ­Players Championship, gets under way at Sawgrass.

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