Rory McIlroy, LIV Golf and PGA TOUR

Tom McKibbin ignores Rory McIlroy's advice and joins Saudi-funded LIV Golf
Tom McKibbin of Northern Ireland has spurned the advice from mentor Rory McIlroy by giving up a PGA Tour card to join Saudi-backed LIV Golf. McKibbin, a 22-year-old who won his only European tour event in 2023,
Rory McIlroy suggests PGA Tour should follow LIV Golf's path with radical change
From the PGA Tour's standpoint, McIlroy believes less is more may be the way forward, urging the circuit's chiefs to "scale back" the tournament schedule. With nearly 50 PGA Tour-sanctioned events scheduled for 2025, the world No. 3 feels that it's simply too many to maintain viewer interest in the product.
Rory McIlroy provides telling update on LIV Golf merger as PGA Tour continue Saudi talks
The PGA Tour has been in talks with the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia (PIF) over ending their ongoing dispute with LIV Golf ever since a framework agreement announcement in June 2023
Tom McKibbin ignores Rory McIlroy warning and completes LIV Golf switch
Tom McKibbin has forgone the advice of mentor and fellow countryman Rory McIlroy as he completed his move to LIV Golf. The Northern Irishman secured his PGA Tour card in December last year but has instead opted to sign a multi-year deal with the Saudi-backed circuit for a reported $5 million (£4 million) fee.
LIV Golf signs Rory McIlroy's mentee
LIV Golf announced it has signed Northern Ireland’s Tom McKibbin. McKibbin, 22, has been linked to the Saudi-backed league for months, and did not comment on the rumors when pressed earlier this month at the DP World Tour’s Team Cup.
Rory McIlroy tells PGA Tour it must make radical LIV Golf measure to win back fans
Rory McIlroy believes the PGA Tour has a schedule problem with the product being diminished and he has called on bosses to scale back the number of tournaments per season
Tom McKibbin Foregoes Rory McIlroy Advice To Join LIV Golf
The Northern Irishman has joined Jon Rahm's Legion XIII team in the LIV Golf League despite Rory McIlroy advising against the move
Rory McIlroy Suggests PGA Tour Should Play Less in ‘Diminished’ Golf Ecosystem
The four-time major champion has a lot of thoughts on the state of pro golf but said “we shouldn’t try to dumb down golf to ...
Rory McIlroy thinks the PGA Tour could copy the NFL and have fewer events in a season
Rory McIlroy has suggested that the PGA Tour could scale back the number of tournaments it stages each year in order to ...
Rory McIlroy might have the solution to golf fans' fatigue
McIlroy recognizes that golf's issues might run a bit deeper than simply giving fans more face time with the game's top ...
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Rory McIlroy is chopping events from his own schedule and would like PGA Tour to do the same
McIlroy makes his season debut on the U.S.-based circuit this week at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, one of the tour’s $20 ...
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Rory McIlroy’s slow-play solution? It’s a complicated answer
Rory McIlroy doesn't have a cure-all solution to golf's pace-of-play problem, and he knows the ideas he does have won't make ...
Rory McIlroy suggests drastic PGA Tour change that would 'p*** people off'
Rory McIlroy has put forward a radical idea that he believes would benefit the PGA Tour, though he admitted it would run the ...
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Scottie Scheffler had a hilarious response to Rory McIlroy's suggestion for avoiding cooking injuries
To show just how unpredictable golf can be, a wine glass—and Scottie Scheffler's love of ravioli—threatened to change the ...