Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy promised ‘reward’ after LIV Golf merges with PGA

PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan has promised each Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy they are going to be “rewarded for their loyalty” after rejecting eye-watering provides from LIV Golf final yr. Golfers who selected to stay with the PGA Tour final yr have been made to pay for snubbing an strategy from LIV Golf after a merger between the 2 rival excursions was introduced this week.

The determination got here as a shock to many with LIV Golf and the PGA Tour beforehand concerned in a bitter authorized battle. It additionally put a highlight on the form of cash each Woods and McIlroy reportedly turned down 12 months in the past when LIV Golf made their strategy.

Woods was mentioned to have been supplied a suggestion near £1billion whereas McIlroy’s supply was within the area of £400m. Meanwhile, Brooks Koepka, Dustin Johnson and Bryson DeChambeau had been all handed tens of millions for signing on with LIV Golf.

And it now seems as if McIlroy and Woods’ determination to say no the large sums of cash was in useless following news of the merger. However, Monahan has promised to reward the likes of Woods and McIlroy for exhibiting “loyalty” to the PGA Tour.

“Their loyalty will be rewarded,” Monahan mentioned. “I’m going to spend every single waking hour as we move forward here, we finalise this agreement and we move into the future, that the players that have created the PGA Tour, have created this pro-competitive, legacy-driven juggernaut, that have articulated and supported the direction that we’re going on – ultimately, the decision we made, I believe, is going to make it better for all of our players, and loyalty, ultimately, as a leader, always needs to be rewarded.

“How that manifests itself is something I’m going to spend a lot of time working on. And I think when we’re having this conversation down the road, that’s something I look forward to being more specific about.”

McIlroy held a press convention on the Canadian Open, the place he is the defending champion from final yr, and was requested predominantly concerning the merger. And the Northern Irishman admitted he needs to see those that defected to LIV Golf given some type of punishment by the PGA.