By now, Rory McIlroy is getting pretty adept at discussing the PGA Tour’s power struggle with LIV Golf.
Having found himself speaking on behalf of the tour in an unofficial capacity as it fights the threat posed by the Saudi-funded upstart league, he has for months fielded questions about the state of men’s professional golf.
Perhaps borne out of a hard-wired need to speak his mind, McIlroy has become the poster boy of the tour, both fronting and driving sweeping changes to combat its challenger.
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The saga took another twist last week when Phil Mickelson – who appears to have found his voice once more following a five-month hibernation – claimed the established circuit is “trending downwards”.
That, according to McIlroy (and others, such as Jon Rahm), is nonsense.
“I don’t agree with what Phil said,” he told reporters ahead of this week’s CJ Cup, which marks his first PGA Tour start of the season.
“I understand why he said it because of the position he is in but I don’t think anyone with a logical view can agree with what he said.”
Increasingly the discourse around professional golf has descended into a wall of noise as players on both sides – PGA Tour loyalists to one side, LIV rebels…
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