{"id":89484,"date":"2025-11-27T10:26:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T14:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/mcilroy-sees-pga-liv-union-as-unlikely-irrational-expenses-halt-agreement\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T10:26:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T14:26:19","slug":"mcilroy-sees-pga-liv-union-as-unlikely-irrational-expenses-halt-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/golf\/mcilroy-sees-pga-liv-union-as-unlikely-irrational-expenses-halt-agreement\/","title":{"rendered":"McIlroy sees PGA-LIV union as unlikely: &#8220;Irrational&#8221; expenses halt agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rory McIlroy: The Fracture in Golf Persists<\/h2>\n\n\nProfessional golf faces an uncertain future, according to statements by renowned golfer Rory McIlroy. Internal divisions, exacerbated by the &#8220;irrational&#8221; investment of the LIV series, have created a gap difficult to overcome.\n\nInitially, the merger proposal between the conflicting parties was expected to heal the dispute that arose in 2021, when the Saudi LIV league attracted several stars with millionaire contracts. However, after more than two and a half years, the situation has not moved towards a solution.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>We see other sports that have been fractured for a long time, like boxing. For golf in general, it would be better if there was unification.<\/p><cite>Rory McIlroy<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nMcIlroy, in an interview at CNBC&#8217;s CEO Council Forum, expressed his skepticism about the possibility of an early reconciliation. The golfer pointed out the difficulty of negotiating with those who have acted &#8220;irrationally&#8221; in terms of investment and capital expenditure.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0929%2Fr1552710_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"Rory McIlroy ha puesto en duda una fusi\u00f3n entre el PGA Tour y LIV Golf.\" title=\"\"><figcaption>Rory McIlroy ha puesto en duda una fusi\u00f3n entre el PGA Tour y LIV Golf. (Jared C. Tilton\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\nThe golfer pointed out that, after four or five years, there has still been no return on investment, and that more expenses will be needed to maintain the current situation. Many player contracts are expiring, which could lead to demands for even higher salaries.\n\nIn this context, McIlroy feels more comfortable on the PGA Tour, although he acknowledges the uncertainty of the future.\n\nBryson DeChambeau, LIV golfer, agrees that the parties are distanced.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>I wish something important would happen, but I don&#8217;t think it will happen in the immediate future. We are too distanced on many things. It will take time, but I think golf will grow internationally.<\/p><cite>Bryson DeChambeau<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rory McIlroy: The Fracture in Golf Persists Professional golf faces an uncertain future, according to statements by renowned golfer Rory McIlroy. Internal divisions, exacerbated by the &#8220;irrational&#8221; investment of the LIV series, have created a gap difficult to overcome. Initially, the merger proposal between the conflicting parties was expected to heal the dispute that arose [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":89485,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[627,10767,626,161],"class_list":{"0":"post-89484","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-liv-golf","9":"tag-merger","10":"tag-pga-tour","11":"tag-rory-mcilroy"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89484\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}