Rory McIlroy and Jordan Spieth Clash Over PGA Tour-PIF Deal Attracts Golf World’s Attention: ‘PGA Tour is imploding’

The future of a PGA Tour and PIF merger has become even more muddy! Since crossing its deadline of December 31, fans have been thinking the deal would fall off. And Jay Monahan and Co. shaking hands with SSG just added fuel to the fire. Now two PGAT pros, Rory McIlroy and Jordan Spieth, have entered into a spat over the deal’s future!

This clash between the opinions of the traditional league players can be a bad sign for the deal. What happened between the two pros was recently revealed.

Rory McIlroy and Jordan Spieth clash over the PGA Tour-PIF deal

With the $3 billion investment from SSG coming into the picture, the dynamics between the traditional league and Saudis have probably changed. Along with that, it has changed the opinions of many pros about the stagnant deal.

In his personal opinion, Spieth believes the traditional league no longer needs to follow the original deal with PIF. This opinion from Spieth caused the pros to split into two sections. Furthermore, this also led to the Northern Irishman removing himself from a group chat with top PGAT players.

It looked like the Irish golfer disagreed with his opinion. To clear the air, Spieth called the former board member and had an hour-long conversation with him. Sharing about his talks with the American golfer, McIlroy told Sports Illustrated, “I just want to remove myself from the fray a little bit.”

He further went on about why hearing a board member say they don’t need PIF is bad. Talking about why the PGA Tour needs PIF, McIlroy said, “They are still sitting out there with hundreds of billions of dollars, if not trillions, that they’re gonna pour it into the sport.” The Irish golfer said open criticism from the American golfer could lead to a sour taste in PIF’s mouth. “But if I were PIF and I was hearing that coming from here, the day after doing this SSG deal, it wouldn’t have made me too happy, I guess?” said McIlroy.

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The glimpses of the conversation between the two went viral on social media and garnered a lot of attention. The online community of golf fans had a lot to say, about the 4x major champion, and how the Tour is getting affected.

Golf fans are watching the high-level drama between PGAT pros

With Spieth understanding his point, the two decided to bury the hatchet. While the two PGAT pros have agreed, the same cannot be said about golf fans. And they have taken to the internet to voice their concerns over this spat.

Rory McIlroy has become the target of criticism in this recent spat. With him first rejecting the Saudis and now speaking wholeheartedly in their favor, fans are left confused.

Another fan took a shot at McIlroy, stating his opinion is getting sillier day by day.

On the other hand, a fan agreed with the Irish golfer, stating they understand his actions.

However, the consensus of the fans is that this merger drama is taking a lot of time and energy from everyone.

Another fan criticized this infighting among the PGAT pros, stating, “PGA Tour is imploding.”

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