‘Hard to Align Everyone’s Interests’: Rory McIlroy Takes a Nasty Jab At Sergio Garcia With a Bold Statement

Rory McIlroy is not one to mince words when it comes to someone who has already taken a dig at him. Even though lately his stance has softened towards LIV Golf and its players, it is not for everyone, including Sergio Garcia. Rory McIlroy has taken a swipe at the LIV golfer and called him out of touch with the reality of golf.

A few days ago, Garcia criticized McIlroy for not supporting them, saying, “I don’t think we want to be important for one month. We all deserve more than that,” implying perhaps that McIlroy thought LIV players only cared about the majors and busting open the myth that that was not true. The 24x PGA Tour winner didn’t take time and responded to him.

Rory McIlroy fires back with a sharp critique

In response, world no. 2 recently did not hold back on his comment, which takes a nasty jab at the Spiranad. “Sergio feels he deserves a lot of things,” he stated, making it clear that he did not care about what the LIV star had to say and believed that they may never be on the same page.

“I think right now it’s just very, very hard to align everyone’s interests in the game,” said the Northern Irishman. The golfer hinted that with the turmoil that the golf world is in right now with the delayed merger and important people such as Martin Slumbers and Keith Pelley stepping down, it is very hard to come up with a solution that would align everyone’s well-being in the sport.

McIlroy’s jibe at the 2017 Augusta champion does not come as a shock. Oncе friends and teammates on the same Rydеr Cup squad, their relationship took a turn when Garcia joined the brеakaway league. Garcia’s defection led to subtle yet hard-hitting exchanges between them a couple of times.

The Spaniard was one of the initial members to join the rival league, and McIlroy was one of the main vocal critics of the league. Gracia was’very sad’ that his long-standing friendship with McIlroy was over. But he feels that McIlroy ‘lacked maturity’ in handling their friendship when Garcia decided to join a Saudi circuit.

Gracia and McIlroy’s friendship fell out over the LIV Golf controversy

According to Garcia, “I think that we’ve done so many things together and had so many experiences that for him to throw that away just because I decided to go to a different tour,” He further said McIlroy ‘got his own life, and he makes his own choices the same way that I make mine. Sergio Garcia has never shied away from expressing his firm stance about his defection and has always opted to talk openly about it.

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On the other hand, the PGAT pro continued bombarding the league and its players. He even revealed that the relationship with Garcia ended after he received a text from him “basically telling me to shut up about LIV, blah, blah blah.” McIlroy didn’t stop here; he further said, “I was pretty offended and sent him back a couple of daggers, and that was it.“

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