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Shane Lowry shut down PGA Tour strike chat following shock news of LIV merger

Shane Lowry has revealed that he spoke against possible strike action by PGA Tour players at last week's Canadian Open.

Lowry is a member of the Player Advisory Committee on the Tour and, in the wake of the shock revelation by PGA Tour chief Jay Monahan that a merger deal had been struck between the Tour, LIV Golf and the DP World Tour, there was some discussion among blindsided players about taking industrial action.

The Clara man spoke at the meeting, revealing: "Yeah I did, it was brief. Obviously tensions were a little bit high, they're not really high but a couple of lads started talking about 'what if we didn't play this week'.

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