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McIlroy questions value of LIV players to PGA
1 golfer Scottie Scheffler said he isn't opposed to LIV Golf players potentially returning to the PGA Tour because they'd bring value and he wants to...
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- 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler said he isn't opposed to LIV Golf players potentially returning to the PGA Tour because they'd bring value and he wants to compete against the best in the world.
- But reigning Masters champion Rory McIlroy isn't sure what value the LIV Golf stars would bring to the PGA Tour if they came back.
- If LIV Golf returns in 2027, it is expected to play only 10 events (five in the U.S.
- I've always felt like this is the best place to play professional golf, and I'm pretty sure if the PGA Tour [was] handed $6 billion, it would have done a better job with it." Scheffler, on the other hand, said LIV Golf has a few players "that would provide a lot of value to the tour, and guys that I love competing against as well." Five-time major champion Brooks Koepka returned to the PGA Tour in January under a new program, in which he agreed to forfeit any player equity shares for the next five years and won't be eligible for the $100 million FedEx Cup bonus program in 2026.
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1 golfer Scottie Scheffler said he isn't opposed to LIV Golf players potentially returning to the PGA Tour because they'd bring value and he wants to compete against the best in the world. But reigning Masters champion Rory McIlroy isn't sure what value the LIV Golf stars would bring to the PGA Tour if they came back. If LIV Golf returns in 2027, it is expected to play only 10 events (five in the U.S. I've always felt like this is the best place to play professional golf, and I'm pretty sure if the PGA Tour [was] handed $6 billion, it would have done a better job with it." Scheffler, on the other hand, said LIV Golf has a few players "that would provide a lot of value to the tour, and guys that I love competing against as well." Five-time major champion Brooks Koepka returned to the PGA Tour in January under a new program, in which he agreed to forfeit any player equity shares for the next five years and won't be eligible for the $100 million FedEx Cup bonus program in 2026. We have great leadership within the tour now." Even McIlroy acknowledged that some of the other LIV Golf stars might return to the PGA Tour in time. And I think it was said at the time that the deal that they...