McIlroy says PGA Tour pre-LIV was 'actually pretty good' and worries about future of 2nd-tier events
- World number two Rory McIlroy warned on Tuesday that planned PGA Tour changes could relegate prestigious events like the Canadian Open to second-class status under a new two-tiered system launching in 2028.
- LIV's multibillion-dollar injection into professional golf "created a false economy" that forced the PGA Tour to boost prize money and cut fields to retain top talent, McIlroy said, explaining the tour's defensive restructuring.
- McIlroy described "Track 2" as a "glorified Korn Ferry event," warning that historic tournaments could lose stature unless sponsors provide $30 million in purses to keep them competitive at the elite level.
- Next week, the tour will unveil tweaks to its new model, expected to increase Track 1 fields to up to 130 players from around 72 and restore the 36-hole cut in elite events.
- Now 37 and one of only six players to capture the career Grand Slam, McIlroy noted he is not a decision-maker but will continue playing his own schedule, which is getting less frequent in coming years.
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Now that the LIV circuit is losing speed and the sport has emerged from what once seemed to be a cycle of daily crises, Rory McIlroy sees the future – and the past – with a slightly different eye, and fears that tournaments such as the RBC Canadian Open will lose their importance in reshaping the PGA circuit.
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McIlroy says PGA Tour pre-LIV was 'actually pretty good' and worries about future of 2nd-tier events
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.
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Rory McIlroy on latest schedule revamp: ‘Old ways’ weren’t bad
Rory McIlroy understands as well as anyone why the PGA Tour schedule has changed so often this decade. The introduction of "signature events" with no cuts and $20 million purses was a direct response to LIV Golf peeling off a cadre of star golfers with the allure of playing less frequently for more guaranteed money.
McIlroy says LIV Golf 'false economy' now threatens PGA Tour events
Rory McIlroy says the financial shake-up caused by LIV Golf's arrival created a 'false economy' that could now threaten the long-term future of well-established PGA Tour events, as he prepares for the US Open at Shinnecock Hills.
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