One anonymous tournament director said they 'needed' McIlroy to counteract Cantaly's opposition to working with Saudi backed LIV.
An unnamed PGA tournament director had stressed how McIlroy's presence was "needed" to prevent American Patrick Cantlay from "ruining" the tour by opposing a potential deal with big rivals LIV Golf. The anonymous director told GolfWeek: “We need Rory back on the board. Had he stayed on he could’ve neutered Cantlay. He’s the only one with the power to neuter Cantlay. We need Rory to try to keep Cantlay from ruining the Tour.
"Do any of us want to work with the Saudis? No. But, on the other hand, none of us want to fight against them and their money for the rest of our careers, either. Cantlay is blocking any type of deal they try to put together.” He said: “It just got pretty complicated and pretty messy. With the way it happened it opened up some wounds and scar tissue from things that have happened before. And I think there was a subset of people on the board who were uncomfortable with me coming back on for some reason.”
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