The four-time Major winner has told the Golf Channel he has no intention of making the leap from the PGA Tour to LIV Golf but where have all these rumours come from and who is to blame?!
‘I Will Play The PGA Tour For The Rest Of My Career’ – Rory McIlroy Emphatically Shuts Down $850m LIV Golf Report. Rory McIlroy has denied a City AM report that he is close to signing for LIV Golf in a deal worth $850m and a 2% equity stake, and instead vowed to stay on the PGA Tour for good.
The 34-year-old was speaking to the Golf Channel’s Todd Lewis ahead of this week’s PGA Tour signature event the RBC Heritage at Harbour Town, and he explained that nothing could be further from the truth, but why did all these liv golf rumours start in the first place?! Well frustration has risen as there’s only ONE person to blame for the cause of RORYS LIV GOLF RUMOURS…
FRUSTRATION RISES as there’s only ONE person to blame for the cause of RORYS LIV GOLF RUMOURS…
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so over the last 24 to 48 hours the Rory
rumors have been going absolutely wild
we’ve had statements from Rory we’ve had
fresh statements from his manager but my
question to you is where did all these
rumors start now I’ve been doing some
digging and I found a few Publications
that are pointing fingers in certain
directions and I’m going to put it to
you now I actually read this quote out
probably about 3 or 4 months ago from a
former manager of Rory maroy chubby
Chandler and we’re going to go through
exactly what he has said and I actually
think this is where the rumors have
started but this is what other
newspapers are reporting too now before
we get into this exact moment where we
can see the sort of rumors starting to
snowball this is what Rory mroy has said
up to this point I mean there has been
absolutely ridiculous figures being
banded around from 650 750 million 850
million I can’t even get that in my mind
how much money that actually is but Rory
has said this I honestly don’t know how
these things get started I’ve never been
offered a number from Liv I never
contemplated going to live again I think
I’ve made it clear in the past two years
I don’t think it’s something for me if
Liv golf was the last place on Earth I
would retire that’s how I feel about it
which is a bit odd to to hear him say
that again because two or 3 months ago
he’s talking about a merger but what I
think he’s saying here is he’s happy for
things to come together but he’ll never
just be exclusively at live so he says
further no no idea over the last two
years there has been so many rumors of
guys I think one thing that you have to
realize as well guys need to keep an
open mind and I’m sure there’s been
players that are still playing on the PJ
tour that have talked to guys from live
and had offers and whatever but I have
no idea it’s never been a conversation
for us and it’s just one of those
things now I’m going to say one thing
right now it’s unfortunate we’ve got to
deal with all this speculation isn’t it
like I think that’s one of the reasons
why TV ratings at the Masters are going
down and I think one of the reasons why
TV ratings in general look like they’re
going on a decline for golf and men’s
professional golf to be exact I did see
a lot of comments saying streaming
services um don’t into TV ratings but if
we look at what TV ratings say there is
definitely a declining Trend and this
fractious nature isn’t good so we’ve
heard from Rory pretty much explicitly
denying these rumors and I actually
believe him I don’t think there is no no
no no no a little bit like John RAM and
then ends up going now his manager said
this fake news zero truth and this was
all said in the Irish independent where
he offered quotes and and offered a
reaction to this so-called fake news or
news that Rory was going to live now
you’re updated on everything you need to
know in terms of what Rory’s manager
said and what Rory said personally let’s
get to this more pressing fact to where
I actually think all these rumors
started so Rory used to be part of a
management company owned by Chubby
chanler I mean this management company
had players like gray McDow it had
players along the lines of Matt
Fitzpatrick it also had Lee Westwood for
a period of time and Darren Clark so a
massive stable of some huge players and
that’s just in the men’s professional
game they had cricketers ladies European
tour players ladies lpj tour players
like a vast selection of players now the
name of this person is Chubby Chandler
and from what I’ve been reading online
that people are sort of saying the
speculation of Rory moving to live golf
all started there and suggested that the
world number two’s softening stance to
harsh sanctions for Liv gold stars
looking to return to PJ tour should the
merger with piif deal come true was a
way of Rory saying he’s open to a
contract now this is what trby Chandler
said if you were being cynical you might
say he’s going to sign for about 750
million in the month’s time with Liv
because he’s play because he’s Paving
the way that lives okay now whereas it
wasn’t Chandler said that in February so
you can sort of see the numbers that are
being bed around again I’ll repeat them
650 750 850 they’re just stupid amounts
of money he also said this he doesn’t
need 750 million this was Chandler again
but it is odd what he’s done and I’m
sure it’s a possibility if he does it or
not I don’t know but if Rah can do it
most guys can do it now I don’t blame in
for saying what he said I just think the
rumors start here I think there’s a lot
of Truth in what he’s saying in the
sense of rah’s going Rah was a top five
player in the world Rah was a player who
had just come off in a brilliant year
winning the Masters playing great in the
Ryder Cup and then joining live golf if
he can do it most others can I truly
believe that that is a correct statement
but I think this is where the rumors are
started and I think people are just run
with this and going absolutely crazy but
it’s for sure true that Rory Maro has
emphatically closed down any rumors that
he’s going to join live golf and I can’t
see it happening I can see something
hopefully coming together and as I said
in yesterday’s breaking news video it
certainly needs to happen now I’ve got a
question to ask you what do you think of
these Rory rumors is there any truth
behind it I certainly don’t think so but
I mean in the golf world right now
certainly anything and I mean anything
can happen now this is just a simp
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31 Comments
This is the news…I never believed it!
LIV doesn't want him.
I believe LIV set professional golf back 20+ years. The LIV players got their money but their skills atrophied, and they will never leave behind a legacy
Chubby wanting to grab a bit of spotlight? Someone obviously asked his opinion, and he gave it. And then "news" outlets seeing an opportunity to generate clicks or views based on using Chubby as a source? Isn't that today's media?
I don’t think Rory is going to LIV as a separate entity. But it wouldn’t surprise me AT ALL if Rory was cut a fat check for being loyal to the PGA when the merger finally takes place. Rory would essentially join PGA-LIV but post-merger. Why? I just don’t think these big stars on the PGA are going to just sit by and watch LIV golfers rejoin the PGA with all that fresh LIV cash in their pockets. Everybody likely wants a piece of the pie.
IMHO LIv is be better off focusing that money on Hovland, Aberg, max, Collin, Clarke, Tony and others.
Forget Rory and the golden boys destined for special treatment from Jays tour.
Rory should be the last person to get a phat check from LIv. I get he has toned down his rhetoric but Rory is disliked by a lot of LIv fans who will not forget all the drama anytime soon. Not to mention the obnoxious Ryder cup drama from Rory.
Kudos to this chubby for continuing to find ways to stay relevant event though all his famous golf stable pretty much left him a while ago.
*******fed up hearing about it. Greg and LIV can just do one. The Saudis even got they claws into Ronnie 😜😡😡😡😡😜
I don't care if Rory stays or goes. I never liked him anyway. The reason the Masters numbers were down, in my opinion, is because it was boring. No excitement. I fell asleep watching it. I wish the LIV guys could have added to the drama. I would watch a LIV tournament over the PGA.
The rumor was repeated to get other players to think about making a move. Rory was a non starter. It is how they use the media to get momentum. I still think Rahm was talking LIV to Finau in round 4 of the Masters. Not soliciting, but giving some clarity to Finau's caution. No one is going to believe that LIV has stopped recruiting since the merger is still in the air. I watch both tours and LIV has not caused the top players to degrade. The players who got the money and now the time to be with family are HAPPY. They don't put in the practice except those who feel they still have a strong chance to win a major. Remember 50% of the score is putting so when one is near the field in driving stats and accuracy why bother to practice since there is no Fedex standing and OWGR ranking.If somehow in the merger the two rankings were relevant, then LIV would be practicing more. So don't blame LIV, blame the ranking organizations for excluding many top players. There is no incentive since they are getting paid with time off. Final comment on TV ratings… viewership is down due to paid streaming services and commercial saturation. Before the carnage one could view the tour for free. I don't have the patience anymore to sit through the same 5 commercials every hour for 4 hours. To me the sponsors would be better and get far more attention if they sponsored for an hour with their logo watermarked on the TV screen and commercial free. I believe ROLEX did that during the Open. I was impressed. Keep on bait clicking… at least it is interesting.
I very recently played golf with a member at wentworth and Rory came up in conversation and he heard from somebody in his management team say it’s a done deal just ironing out how and when.!!!!
What's hurt the PGA ratings is all the new players we haven't heard of and none of the familiar names. As viewers warm up to the new players and develop favorites the ratings will come back. The new players are very talented.
Were I LIV, I would issue a statement saying we have zero interest in Rory McIlroy. Rather we have entered into agreements with x-z players, under 30 years of age for $100,000,000 apiece. Rory, you, Monahan and the OWGR can choke on it. I'd push the team concept, up the team payouts and differ myself as much as possible from the PGA tour.
As far as Masters ratings go, I just think that golf in general as a TV product doesn’t have enough excitement to hold casual fans the way a lot of other sports do. I really don’t think it has anything to do with the PGA/LIV split, the TV product is just really slow for the most part and that’s where they lose a lot of interest. It feels like it’s mostly for the diehards and gamblers/DFS players who want to sweat their bets.
As for Rory, I have zero doubts that he has received offers in that range. And just like Rahm, he will hold out until they give him an offer he can’t refuse…or the tours officially merge what ever that eventually looks like
Golf ratings are down, because all they ever talk about is money. People are struggling and the last thing they wanna hear is spoiled golfers going on and on about millions of dollars.
No your agent is talking
if Rory actually went, he would look as stupid as he sounds
I think the LIV players have lost their competitiveness and they have hurt their chances of success and world ranking. They worked very hard to be at the top of their game and have traded it all away. They lost their edge.
NOBODY likes regular tv anymore. streaming or apps are the way to go from now on. also the announcer's on pga succk.
Branded Chamblee is not helping anything. He makes it hard to watch the Golf Channel. Not sure why he gets to try and tell people what to think and why the players make the decisions they do.
why doesn't Mcroy shut up and try playing some good golf 🤷🏼♂️
Doesn’t make sense for Rory to move to LIV. He wants majors. To go to LIV he will actually make his window for gaining entry into majors purely relying on world ranking to get in. As soon as he joins LIV his ranking is going to go down and with him not exempt into majors as a past winner won’t have a way in through LIV. If he had won a major in the last 2 years then maybe you could see it happening but with him on a major drought for the past decade it’s more important for him to be able to compete in as many as he can. Don’t see it happening as it would impact with his deal with tiger in their sim golf league. But maybe with a merger it probably wont matter in the end 🤷♂️
Sounds like desperation, with LIV talking to Chubby…..yeah ratings for The PGA are down, but that's because your expecting Millennial's, who picked up The Games during Hoax-19, now watching TV for 4 hrs daily(Thur-Sun)…they cannot sit a watch anything for more than 15 mins at a clip….
Liv golf online media promotors capitalising on the masters week hype started the rumours to highlight the Liv tour
How good would Marcus Armitage be on LIV just the kind of guy they are after. Would miss him on European tour though
Y, Y, Y… the golf stories should be about Scotty and his golf dominance!!!
I hope not! As Liv is the only golf tournament I’m always excited to watch! If McElroy in that will spoil my Liv watching day time! I like most of the players at Liv, except Kim I hope he will tidy up a little for good visuals ( like cutting that tinsy ponytail) & he looks so messy too.
As to TV ratings excluding the current divisions the cost to watch golf and most sports is getting crazy and the BBC hardly cover any golf so i prophesise more declining figures.
PLEASE STOP with this PGA v LIV CRAP. IF you realise that they are all in the same club and run by the same people and those same people run everything in this world including FOOTBALL, TENNIS , CRICKET, THE OLYMPICS, etc etc. ALL THE STUPID amounts of money banded about for contracts then you can dismiss all this shit from your lives LIVES ; LIV something we are increasingly not allowed to do.
Chubby chandler was just put out because Rory left him as manager and Chubby missed out on cashing in since on the success Rory has had.
Ask Lee Westwood about Chubby ? it all came to light when Westwood divorced
The 750 is legit iykyk. It's not thru his agent but thru someone closer . Rorys dad and chubby are close , just saying 😊 . In statement he said firstly that he or team hadn't had offer . Everything he said after like playing out career on pgat would be trumped if he does get one .