Rory McIlroy: PGA merger with 'irrational' LIV Golf unlikely

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Rory McIlroy doubts the fracture in golf will be repaired as the "irrational" spending of the LIV series has created such a gulf in the sport.

There had been hopes the acrimonious split which occurred when the Saudi breakaway league lured away many of the top stars with huge contracts in 2021 could be healed when a merger was proposed.

But over two-and-a-half years after that was mooted, the two parties appear to be no closer to a resolution.

"You see some of these other sports that have been fractured for so long," McIlroy told CNBC's CEO Council Forum. "You look at boxing for example, or you look at what's happened in motor racing in the United States with Indy and NASCAR…