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7th June 2023
03:38pm BST
Grayson Murray (left) and Rory McIlroy got into it at an emergency players meeting. (Credit: Getty Images)[/caption]
"I think ultimately when I try to remove myself from the situation and try to look at the bigger picture and I look 10 years down the line, I think ultimately it’s going to be good for the game of professional golf," McIlroy added. “It unifies it and secures its financial future. There’s mixed emotions in there as well... The PIF was going to keep spending money in golf, whether you like it or not. At least the PGA Tour controls how that money is spent... "It’s hard for me to not sit up here and feel somewhat like a sacrificial lamb and feeling like I’ve put myself out there and this is what happens."McIlroy said he still had faith in PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan, who will become CEO of this new PGA-DP-PIF entity if it gets voted through and approved, in Europe and the United States. It was reported by the Golf Channel that tour player Johnson Wagner had access to an audio feed of the meeting that took place in Toronto, at the Canadian Open, with Monahan in the room. When world no.227 Grayson Murray was complaining about how the top players would comply with the new deal as they would be well paid, McIlroy is said to have remarked, "Just play better".
That led to Murray telling McIlroy to "f**k off'. Another player present at the meeting confirmed the exchange on social media:https://twitter.com/SkySportsNews/status/1666442020389281793 "I've come to terms with it," Rory McIlroy reflected, on the deal, in his press briefing. "I've resigned myself to the fact that this is what's going to happen. It's very hard to keep up with people who have more money than anyone else." Related articles:"They [McIlroy and Murray] were cordial and pleasant post meeting. We chatted as a group of players and we were laughing about the comment. No beef or hard feelings either way."
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