PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Saying he believes it should have occurred “months ago,” Rory McIlroy on Sunday welcomed the news that player members of the PGA Tour Policy Board are set to meet on Monday with Yasir Al-Rumayyan, the governor of the Public Investment Fund (PIF) of Saudi Arabia, the backer of LIV Golf.
Board member Patrick Cantlay confirmed an undisclosed meeting earlier in the day and McIlroy, a former board member who once was highly critical of LIV Golf but has since called for the sides to come together, even went so far as to distinguish between the PIF and LIV Golf.
“Fundamentally he wants to do the right thing,” McIlroy said of Al-Rumayyan, the director of LIV Golf. “I think I've said this before, I have spent time with Yasir and his—the people that have represented him in LIV I think have done him a disservice ... so (Greg) Norman and those guys.
