After all, Rory McIlroy will not be rejoining the PGA Tour's policy committee.
McIlroy announced Wednesday ahead of the Wells Fargo Championship in North Carolina that he will not replace Webb Simpson on the policy committee and PGA Tour Enterprises board of directors due to opposition from other player members of the board. announced.
Mr. McIlroy resigned from the board in November and was set to replace Mr. Simpson, who had asked to step down about a year before his term was set to expire. Mr. Simpson will serve out the remainder of his term, which ends next year.
“There was a lot of conversation,” McIlroy said Wednesday at Quail Hollow Club. “I partially remember why I didn't do that.” [stay on the board]. Well, I think it turned out to be quite complicated and troublesome.
“Given the history of this event, I believe it has opened up old wounds and scar tissue from what happened before. Some members of the board, for some reason, were uncomfortable with me returning. I think some people were holding it.”
McIlroy did not say who on the board was displeased. In addition to Simpson, other player directors include Patrick Cantlay, Peter Malnati, Adam Scott, Jordan Spieth and Tiger Woods.
“I think it's a really good thing that Webb stays,” McIlroy said. “I think he has a really balanced voice in all of this, and I think he sees the big picture, and that's great. What I feared is that if Webb resigns, So, if I were to replace him, what could potentially happen?''Well, I'm really glad that Webb decided to stay on and serve out the remainder of his term. Masu. ”
McIlroy, long the face of the tour in its battle with LIV Golf, resigned from the tour's policy committee in November. He cited “personal and professional responsibilities” in his resignation and later said the responsibilities of the role were taking up more time than he expected. A few weeks later, Spieth officially replaced McIlroy.
McIlroy, who enters this week's tournament ranked No. 2 in the Official World Golf Rankings, won a playoff with Shane Lowry at the Zurich Classic in New Orleans last month. His last solo victory was last season's Genesis Scottish Open.
Rory McIlroy named to 'transactions subcommittee' for LIV Golf negotiations
McIlroy will not be joining the Tour's policy committee, but he was named to the newly created “transactions subcommittee” on Thursday afternoon.
McIlroy, along with Woods, Scott, Tour Commissioner Jay Monaghan, Board Chairman Joe Gorder, Fenway Sports Group's John Henry and Director Liaison Joe Ogilive, will be involved in day-to-day negotiations with Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund. He will join a new committee that will be responsible for The new committee will report to the board of directors.
Negotiations between the PIF and the Tour, which supports LIV Golf, continue months after the voluntary deadline passed. Mr. McIlroy has previously met with PIF president Yasir Al-Rumayyan about the future of the sport, and Mr. Monaghan and the board met with Mr. McIlroy in the Bahamas earlier this spring. It is unclear what progress, if any, McIlroy and the new trade subcommittee have made on this front.
“I'm not a board member, but I'm involved in some way with the trade committee,” McIlroy said after the first round of the Wells Fargo Championship. “I don't have a vote, so I can't have a say. I don't think I have a meaningful say in what happens in the future, but at least I can. I think I can help on that committee. I feel like that.’ And I think that was kind of a compromise for not getting a seat on the board. ”
It remains unclear when such a transaction will be completed, or what it will look like if it is completed. McIlroy, like countless others in and out of golf, is growing impatient. Invoking the Good Friday Agreement between Ireland and Northern Ireland, Mr McIlroy said both sides needed to compromise and move forward with the deal.
“It's probably not going to feel good on either side, but I think it's going to be a really good thing in the end if it's a place where the game of golf can start to thrive again and we can all come together again,” he said. he said on Wednesday.
