Adam Scott Stamps Rory McIlroy With a ‘Responsible’ Tag, Despite the Concerning $3B LIV Golf Merger Deadline

The coming together of the PIF and PGA Tour would be a monumental affair in the realm of golf. However, the proposed deal is nowhere near closing. While the deal has only a few days until its expiration, even the chairman of the PGA Tour’s Players Advisory Council is unclear about its finalization.

Anyone who’s someone in the golf world has an opinion on the merger, and hence, at the Fortinet Australian PGA Championship, Adam Scott too shed light on it all. His talks, though, extended beyond the PGAT-LIV truce and brought in the recent Tour troubles as one man drew the limelight—Rory McIlroy!

Adam Scott comments on Rory McIlroy leaving the PAC

As a veteran on the PGA Tour, Adam Scott has earned numerous accolades in his career. With 14 PGA Tour victories, he added the most recent accolade to his name by becoming the Chairman of the Player Advisory Council in February this year.

Currently playing at the Fortinet Australian PGA Championship, Scott shared insights about the deal while also commenting on Rory McIlroy leaving the council. The 14-time DPWT winner, in an interview with Australian Golf Digest at the event, said that he was “somewhat surprised”. Moreover, he explained that he was aware McIlroy had wanted to leave the council since last year.

Scott claimed that the Irishman had given things some more time to see how everything went. In the end, the four-time major champion decided to prioritize his career as a golfer and as an investor over the role and hence left it behind. In the one-time major winner’s words, all McIlroy was doing with his move was “being responsible”!

Scott further added that he thinks McIlroy has “done what he thinks is right for him and probably right for the tour as well.” Since the 4-time major winner could not give the energy and time to the council, the Australian star deems him leaving as a better option than “holding a board seat and not being engaged.”

Amid his assessment of Rors, the Aussie also had a few things to say about the biggest golf deal that remains uncertain, given that only two days remain for things to come through.

Scott talks about the uncertainty of the $3 billion merger

Earlier this year, the PGA Tour announced the shocking deal with LIV Golf’s investor, the Public Investment Fund, on June 6th. By December 30th, the infamous deal should be complete. However, Scott, like many others, is unsure of whether that is a possibility. “It’s really hard to know if the deal’s going to go through or not,” he said when questioned about the deal by the press.

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Since the PGA Tour is getting several investor offers, LIV Golf is now an option for them to partner with. And with the likes of Fenway Sports Group and other big names in the mix, it is undoubtedly getting harder for the Tour to decide on who would be the better partner.

The next few weeks, however, should shed more light on the matter. Tune in to find out which side of the fence the PGA Tour hops to!

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