The new partnership between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf will ultimately be good for professional golf, Rory McIlroy said on Wednesday, but players who jumped to the Saudi-backed venture will not be welcomed back with open arms.
McIlroy, speaking ahead of this week's Canadian Open, said he was stunned by Tuesday's announcement of a merger of the PGA Tour, DP World Tour and LIV into one unified commercial entity which ended a bitter year-long feud that split the sport.
Those decisions come with consequences, said the Northern Irishman who is a four-times major champion. That new company, McIlroy said, will be run by the PGA Tour with commissioner Jay Monahan acting CEO. The deal is a binding framework agreement but the financial terms have not been sorted out, a source familiar with the matter said.
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