MEXICO CITY – Following weeks of speculation, and with nearly all of the game’s top players taking a wait-and-see approach, the first domino has fallen in the mysterious bid to create an alternative global golf tour.
Last month at Torrey Pines, current world No. 1 Rory McIlroy said he needed to take some time to consider what the Premier Golf League was proposing, but on Wednesday at the WGC-Mexico Championship the Northern Irishman shut the door on the concept.
“The more I've thought about it, the more I don't like it. The one thing as a professional golfer in my position that I value is the fact that I have autonomy and freedom over everything that I do,” McIlroy said.