Rory McIlroy‘s reported move to LIV Golf “complete nonsense”, states Jamie Weir
Questions regarding Rory McIlroy joining LIV Golf is all over the internet and fans are left wondering if this is another big name being poached by the breakaway league.McIlroy, who is currently second in the Official World Golf Rankings, just concluded his Masters tournament at the Augusta National Golf Course in Augusta, Georgia.
Soon after, City AM, a London-based newspaper claimed that two separate sources told it that McIlroy was about to join the LIV Golf.
It was reported that the 34-year-old Irish golfer had finalised an $850 million deal and two percent equity in the Saudi-backed league.However, Sky Sports News reporter Jamie Weir has claimed the news to be “complete nonsense”, writing on X:
“I’m told this story is complete nonsense.”
The City AM report claimed that McIlroy would be taking one of the two wildcards available to play in LIV as all the teams were occupied
It said that the news would be announced after the 2024 Masters at Augusta.Further, when LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman followed McIlroy’s group at Augusta, Mcllroy was asked if he saw Norman watching his game, after the first round.
McIlroy said:
“I did not. Didn’t see him.”
In February, Rory McIlroy’s former agent Andrew “Chubby” Chandler also gave air to the speculations in an interview with Bunkered where he claimed that McIlroy might be gearing up for a U-turn as he has been one of the biggest critics of LIV Golf so far
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