Rory McIlroy only sees one path to true PGA-LIV merger

One of golf’s biggest stars — and one of LIV Golf’s biggest critics — thinks it is time for everyone to “get over it” when it comes to the anger over those who stayed loyal to the PGA Tour and those who defected to LIV. In golf’s ongoing civil war, Rory McIlroy believes that will be the only way for unification between the rival golf leagues to ever work. The two sides have been at odds since LIV launched, but hope for an end to the ongoing battle looked as though it could come to an end when LIV and the PGA Tour entered into a framework agreement in June 2023 that would end the feud, but no concrete deal has been reached. McIlroy argued Wednesday at a pro-am at the Genesis Invitational that in the end LIV has benefited golfers in both leagues and therefore everyone should let bygones be bygones. “Whether you stayed on the PGA Tour or you left, we have all benefited from this,” McIlroy said, according to Golf.com.“I’ve been on the record saying this a lot: We’re playing for a $20 million prize fund this week.

That would have never happened if LIV hadn’t come around.I think everyone’s just got to get over it, and we all have to say, OK, this is the starting point, and we move forward.

We don’t look behind us.We don’t look to the past.

Whatever’s happened has happened and it’s been unfortunate, but reunification, how we all come back together and move forward, that’s the best thing for everyone.“If people are butt hurt or have their feelings hurt because guys went or whatever, like, who cares? Let’s move forward together, and let’s just try to get this thing going again and do what’s best for the game.”McIlroy isn’t backing down from his initial reaction to the creation of LIV and the chaos it created, adding that he thought the way things are now is “unsustainable” for both tours. While rumors have swirled around for some time about a potential deal between LIV and the PGA Tour, nothing has materialized as...