Talks over a potential merger between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf are yet to prove fruitful.
Rory McIlroy has explained what he thinks the stumbling blocks are over a potential merger between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf. Last year, it was announced that the two entities were in talks over a peace deal following the split in professional golf.
Those talks are yet to prove fruitful, though, leading McIlroy to question why no agreement has been reached. Speaking ahead of the BMW PGA Championship, he suggested that around half of the players on both tours are opposed to the idea of a merger.
He also blamed the Department of Justice in the United States for the lack of progress in a deal, saying: “I’d say maybe half the players on LIV want the deal to get done [and] half probably don’t. I’d say it’s probably similar on the PGA Tour.
“Just like anything, everyone’s looking out for themselves and their best interests. You know, it would benefit some people for a deal not to get done, but it would obviously benefit some people for a deal to get done.
“I think there’s different opinions amongst the players about what should happen, and I think when you have a members’ run organisation it complicates things a little bit, especially when should of those players are having to make decisions on the business side of things.
“So those are the two. I think the tours want it to happen. The investors certainly want it to happen because they can see the benefit for themselves. But right now, it’s [the] DOJ and differing opinions of the players.”