Rory McIlroy ‘felt’ he was being treated unfairly on the PGA Tour.
Rory McIlroy ‘felt’ he was being treated unfairly on the PGA Tour.
Rory McIlroy’s tragic five-word revelation is evidence of abuse on the PGA Tour
Rory McIlroy is one of his seven members on PGA Tour Enterprise’s newly created trade committee. The committee will negotiate a $3 billion merger with the Public Investment Fund. This membership follows McIlroy’s rejection of a player supervisor position on the PGA Tour Board of Directors.
From the outside looking in, it is clear that the Northern Irishman can still make the same difference as player-manager that he has made, or would have made. Ultimately, the Board of Trade will be at the forefront of the PGA Tour-PIF merger. However, the 34-year-old’s comments indicate that the situation is much more complicated than expected. Rory McIlroy shares his thoughts on his new role
Previously, Rory McIlroy spoke and discussed the complex process of selecting and proposing board seats. However, he also noted that some members may not welcome the possibility of him returning as player-manager. The timing for me to join the Board of Trade could not have been better. Rory McIlroy seems to be very active when it comes to new roles. He has already begun the process of facilitating the integration of PIF and the PGA Tour, along with other members such as Tiger Woods, Jay Monaghan, Adam Scott, Joe Gorder, John W. Henry and Joe Ogilvy. I was attending a meeting. He said they took part in a long Zoom meeting on Sunday and “reviewed a 150-page document about future product models and everything else.” But McIlroy’s position still carries no weight.
Whatever the committee decides, it’s up to the player director’s vote, and Rory McIlroy won’t have that. He acknowledged that he is a member of the Board of Trade and has a small involvement in the merger. But he pointed to the dark truth, saying, “I don’t have a say, so I don’t…I don’t think I have a say in what happens in the future, but at least I think I could be useful on this committee, but I don’t think I have a seat on the board, so this was kind of a compromise.
The PGA Tour may have tried to compensate for not bringing Rory McIlroy back as director of play. And Northern Irishman McIlroy has a good relationship with PIF chairman Yassi al-Rumayyan, so negotiations with PIF could go smoothly. But what about the relationship with subcommittee player directors like Woods, who reportedly voted against McIlroy? Is there tension between McIlroy and Tiger Woods?
It is believed that three player-managers voted against McIlroy and rejected the Northern Irishman’s seat on the board. The three golfers would be Tiger Woods, Jordan Spieth, and Patrick Cantlay. Rory McIlroy’s views on the PGA Tour and PIF merger have been dismissed by one of his player managers. Jordan Spieth doesn’t think the US market needs PIF trading, but the Northern Irishman believes PIF trading should move forward.
Meanwhile, the 34-year-old said he had an “average at best” relationship with Cantlay after the Ryder Cup exit. Only Woods remains, but Woods also does not want to return and will join the Trade Commission. But Rory McIlroy wasn’t worried about his friendship with the 15-time major champion. He realized that his friend could oppose the problem without destroying his friendship.
The 25 winner of the PGA tour said that after his rejection, he called for 45 minutes with 82 winners on the PGA tour. They bravely took on a variety of difficult questions. In the end, McIlroy said, “There’s no tension in my friendship with Woods.” McIlroy may have received compensation for being denied a spot on the political council, but he still has a long way to go to become as important a member as he once was.
