{"id":278100,"date":"2025-04-09T17:38:18","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T17:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/09\/rory-mcilroy-says-liv-tour-forced-pga-to-modernise\/"},"modified":"2025-04-09T17:38:18","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T17:38:18","slug":"rory-mcilroy-says-liv-tour-forced-pga-to-modernise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/09\/rory-mcilroy-says-liv-tour-forced-pga-to-modernise\/","title":{"rendered":"Rory McIlroy says LIV Tour forced PGA to modernise"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/data.indianexpress.com\/election2019\/track_1x1.jpg?ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Rory McIlroy says LIV Tour forced PGA to modernise\" title=\"Rory McIlroy says LIV Tour forced PGA to modernise\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"pcl-full-content\">\n<p>The split between golf, where a rebel circuit recruited the PGA\u2019s best players, has raised the standards of the sport overall, according to Rory McIlroy. McIlroy, who has till now been against the LIVGolf Tour, said that the PGA\u2019s attempts to modernise are happening because of the existential threat brought about by the rival circuit.<\/p>\n<p>Changes to the PGA Tour were announced \u2013 changes that will be applicable from 2024 onwards. Some of these are changes that players have demanded earlier but most of it revolves around limited field no-cut events as well as larger prize money pools.<\/p>\n<p><ev-engagement group-name=\"contentLogin\"\/><ev-engagement group-name=\"myNotification\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ev-meter-content ie-premium-content-block\">\n<p> \u201cA lot of it. I\u2019m not going to sit here and lie. I think the emergence of LIV or the emergence of a competitor to the PGA Tour has benefited everyone that plays elite professional golf,\u201d said Rory McIlroy, according to the Guardian. \u201cI think when you\u2019ve been the biggest golf league in the biggest market in the world for the last 60 years, there\u2019s not a lot of incentive to innovate. This has caused a ton of innovation at the PGA Tour. What was quite, I would say, an antiquated system is being revamped to try to mirror where we\u2019re at in the world in the 21st century with the media landscape.<\/p>\n<div class=\"osv-ad-class\" style=\"background-color: #f2f2f2;height: 375px;margin-bottom: 15px;\">\n<p>Story continues below this ad<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cLIV coming along, it\u2019s definitely had a massive impact on the game, but I think everyone who is a professional golfer is going to benefit from it going forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The split between the LIV Tour and the PGA Tour continues to remain the same with the PGA continuing their stance of not allowing LIV golfers a pathway back to the PGA.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cFor some reason I\u2019ve been hearing that a lot lately and I\u2019m not certain where that\u2019s coming from,\u201d Monahan said, according to the Guardian. \u201cThe players that are playing on that tour are contractually obligated to play on that tour. So any hypotheticals at this point really aren\u2019t relevant. But our position has not changed.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\nif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\nn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '444470064056909');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/sports\/golf\/rory-mcilroy-says-liv-tour-forced-pga-to-modernise-8485251\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The split between golf, where a rebel circuit recruited the PGA\u2019s best players, has raised the standards of the sport overall, according to Rory McIlroy. McIlroy, who has till now been against the LIVGolf Tour, said that the PGA\u2019s attempts to modernise are happening because of the existential threat brought about by the rival circuit. 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