Breaking news: Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods sum up their friendship in the PGA Championship parking lot conversation.
On Wednesday, at Valhalla Golf Club, Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods were photographed having a good time, despite recent rumors of conflict between the two PGA Tour players.
Both are in play at this week’s PGA Championship in Kentucky, but it’s their off-course politics that have been making headlines. Before TGL, an avant-garde golf league with elite PGA Tour players, launches, the lifelong friends are now also business partners.
But in recent months, it was said that their friendship had “soured” due to divergent opinions over the PGA Tour’s ongoing drama with LIV Golf.
After leaving the Tour’s Policy Board in November of last year, McIlroy recently indicated that he would like to rejoin during talks with the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia (PIF). However, Woods and the other current player directors denied his application.
He claimed last week that “it just got pretty complicated and pretty messy.” “I believe there was a subgroup of board members that were uncomfortable with me returning for whatever reason because of the way it happened, which exposed some scars and scar tissue from past events.
“I believe the best course of action is for Webb Simpson to stay on and serve out his term if there are individuals on there who don’t feel comfortable returning.” He’s reached a point where he feels at ease carrying that out. I simply carry on with my work.
The couple appeared to be getting along well in Kentucky despite the fallout reports, as they were spotted conversing.
But the important thing to remember is that we’re all in this together, fighting to improve golf.” At last week’s Wells Fargo Championship, where the Northern Irishman won his 26th PGA Tour title and his fourth at Quail Hollow, McIlroy was questioned on their alleged falling out.
By doing this, the four-time major champion attested to the fact that the two are still friends despite their divergent opinions. “I would say, I mean, I think friends can have disagreements or not see things – I guess not – not see eye to eye on things but have disagreements on things,” McIlroy stated. “It seems OK to me.
However, I wouldn’t say that because we had a great 45-minute conversation on Friday about a number of
