Rory McIlroy admits LIV Golf was driving force behind wholesale changes on PGA Tour
and the majors will remain unaffected, while the remainder of the schedule will be made up of full-field tournaments with smaller purses, giving rank-and-file players the opportunity to play their way into big events.rebels Lee Westwood and Ian Poulter have accused the Tour of imitation.
After the changes were announced last week, Westwood tweeted: “I’ve spent the last year reading how good full fields and cuts are!”Responding to the tweet, Poulter said: “Oh my my my…. When will the penny drop with so many of what’s actually happened here. It really doesn’t take a [rocket scientist] to work out. And sounds very similar to another product that’s been spoken so badly about by media and commentators. I’m all ears now. I’m waiting.
When asked how much of the Tour’s new direction came about because of LIV Golf, McIlroy said: “A lot of it.“I’m 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.McIlroy has juggled being one of the best players in the world with organising golf’s future
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