Rory McIlroy has welcomed the newly announced merger between the PGA Tour, the DP World Tour and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund. McIlroy said he was “resigned” to the fact the Saudis are determined to spend money in golf and was relieved that the sport’s civil war is set to end. although he stressed that he ”still hates LIV Golf” and insists the players who defected to the breakaway league should face consequences.
Litigation between the parties ended after they resolved to work together under a new, yet-to-be-named entity which will oversee elite golf. The PGA Tour will hold majority control of the sport’s new boardroom while enjoying significant investment from PIF, whose head Yasir Al-Rumayyan will take his place as chairman of the new company.
