McIlroy warns PGA Tour changes could diminish event stature

Rory McIlroy believes the “false economy” created by the threat of LIV Golf may now be putting some well-established PGA Tour events at risk. The world number two and current Masters champion said he felt people had lost sight of how good the tour was before it too had a huge cash injection.

McIlroy not a fan of planned two-tier system for tournaments Masters champion paired with Fleetwood and Åberg at US Open Rory McIlroy believes the “false economy” created by the threat of LIV Golf may now be putting some well-established PGA Tour events at risk. The world No 2 and current Masters champion said he felt people had lost sight of how good the tour was before it too had a huge cash injection. Continue reading...

McIlroy wonders if the old way the PGA Tour operated was actually best as they prepare for major schedule changes in 2028

Now that LIV Golf is flailing and the sport has pulled itself out of what once felt like a day-to-day crisis cycle, Rory McIlroy sees the future — and the past — a little differently.

“You start to realize that the way the tour was before LIV came along was actually pretty good,” McIlroy said Tuesday, as he prepared for the U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills. The six-time major champion, once seen as the frontline defender of the PGA Tour when it was fighting to rebuild itself in the wake of the LIV startup, is now waiting to see what the tour does next.

Upcoming PGA Tour changes sparked by the threat of now-struggling LIV Golf will hurt some events by making them second-class tournaments, six-time major winner Rory McIlroy said on Tuesday."But now that LIV looks like it's less of a threat, I think the old ways of the PGA Tour weren't actually that bad."

Rory McIlroy has questioned proposed new changes to the PGA Tour schedule and admits the old system was ‘pretty good’ before LIV Golf’s emergence in the men’s game.