Rory McIlroy’s LIV Golf Move Dubbed ‘Complete Nonsense’ By Ally, Leaving Fans Perplexed: ‘Its a Distraction’

One of the central characters of the LIV Golf-PGA Tour saga has to be Rory McIlroy! “Who’s left? Who’s left to go? I mean, there’s no one. It’s dead in the water in my opinion. Those are the words the 24-time PGA Tour winner had for the league back in February 2022. In nearly two years, the world saw a gradual shift in McIlroy’s stance regarding the Saudi-backed league. From stating that “There’s no room in the golf world for LIV Golf.” to thinking of the very same league as a competition of the PGA Tour and also seeing it as a beneficial addition for people who play elite professional golf. With the Northern Irishman’s vivid stance, he emerged as a vocal supporter of golf rather than just a league.

Rors softened and a more accepting lookout towards the Greg-Norman-led circuit gave rise to many rumors, the biggest of which was the possibility of McIlroy moving to LIV Golf. The 34-year-old’s reaction regarding his fellow Ryder Cup teammates’ defection to the rebel league further helped in fanning the fire. Recently, some reports suggested that the 24-time PGA Tour winner was offered a deal of $850 million by the PIF-backed league.

However, NUCLR Golf shared a tweet on X (formerly Twitter) in which they mentioned how Jamie Weir, a golf reporter closer to McIlroy, came forward to bust all the speculations regarding the matter. The tweet stated, “#FAKE NEWS —@jamiecweir, a reporter close to Rory McIlroy says reports by @CityAM that state Rory is potentially closing in on a $850M deal with LIV Golf are “complete nonsense.” Apart from squashing the rumors, McIlroy’s upcoming schedule also rules out any near-future possibilities of his defection, as the 4-time major champion will be teeing it off at the upcoming PGA Tour events, the RCB Heritage and Zurich Classic. 

However, after Weir’s comments were made public, the golf world reacted in more than one way. A few were in support of the report that McIlroy will not be shunning the PGA Tour for the lucrative deal. But many were also doubtful, as LIV defectors usually deny the deal before ultimately moving to LIV Golf.

Netizens in doubt over Rory McIlroy’s $850 million LIV move

Jamie Weir might have been following and interviewing Rory McIlroy for a while now. However, as the rumors of McIlroy joining LIV Golf stretched, this sure found that the two mightn’t be as close as before. Taunting Weir’s reports, they said, “Sounds like Jamie Weir is no longer close to Rory because he’s going to LiV for 850M.”

As the speculations are high in the golf world, with even Viktor Hovland being rumored once again to join LIV, this fan believed that it was all a show by LIV. They said, “It’s a distraction and LIV this is helping them but in a years times when only a few of their players can play the majors the PGAT will hold all the cards.” O

ne fan drew out different motives regarding Weir’s comments “Either Jamie is being used as a negotiating piece, or this is true lol.” They surely were a bit perplexed by the rumors and ended there tweet with, “What a world we live in huh?”Previously, Jon Rahm had announced his disinterest in the breakaway circuit; however, soon after, he joined the league. This user was comparing McIlroy’s rumors to end up the same. They were sure that despite the denial, now he may join LIV, saying, “Jon Rahm said much the same thing.”

Another fan found that the rumors were spread to take away attention from the recent Masters and the poor performance of LIV pros. Saying they were already aware of rumors being false, they explained, “We knew this. The liv bots are just trying to take attention away from their poor showing at masters and take away from scotties dominance. Couldn’t stand not getting any attention.”

The golf world seems to be split over whether Rory McIlroy will join LIV Golf or not. Neither the Northern Irishman nor the disruptive league have released any official statements regarding the alleged move. However, given the past incidents, nobody can be sure of what the future may hold.