Rory McIlroy tries to make sense of golf's unpalatable new reality

Nobody in the world has been more supportive than McIlroy in standing up for the interests of golf’s established order in the face of unprecedented disruption and hostility

LOVE-HATE: Rory McIlroy speaks to the media in Toronto. Pic: PA

The stunning announcement Tuesday morning that the PGA Tour and DP World Tour are going to partner with funding backers of LIV Golf sent shockwaves through the golf world. It did not, however, dull Rory McIlroy’s feelings about the other side of golf’s now ending civil war.

“I still hate LIV. Like, I hate LIV. Like, I hope it goes away,” McIlroy said Wednesday on the eve of his consecutive title defence at the RBC Canadian Open. “And I would fully expect that it does.”