Golf Channel · Sep 7, 2022
Rory McIlroy acknowledges rift with longtime Ryder Cup teammates
Rory McIlroy acknowledged Wednesday that he doesn’t have “much of a relationship at the minute” with some of the more prominent European players who have defected for LIV Golf.
Speaking at the BMW PGA Championship, where 18 LIV members are teeing it up alongside some of the best players on the DP World Tour, McIlroy took a few shots at LIV but said that he hasn’t had any early-week run-ins with players at Wentworth.
Last month, after winning the PGA Tour’s FedExCup, McIlroy said it was “hard to stomach” that more than a dozen LIV players would be competing at the DP World Tour’s flagship event. But he said that the energy on-site, so far, hasn’t been hostile or toxic.