McIlroy's upcoming match with Bryson DeChambeau signals his desire for pro golf to reunite, but players involved in those talks have competing agendas, unrealistic expectations and no oversight from Jay Monahan. How can anything get done?
Rory McIlroy did not just make an announcement Wednesday. He fired a shot. McIlroy wants the best players on the PGA Tour and LIV Golf to play against each other, and so he is going to make that happen, and he will dare anybody to try to stop him.in a made-for-TV match in December. But McIlroy is enough of a TV junkie to know that the more compelling drama is what is happening away from the cameras: A power struggle inside the PGA Tour.
The thing about negotiating a massive deal on behalf of the players is that those players have diverse interests and different visions for what the Tour should be. That’s why the Tour needs a strong leader. Instead, it has one who is weakened but still in power. Monahan is even weaker than a lame duck, because at least a lame duck wouldn’t worry about losing his job.
, whose ownership is intertwined with Strategic Sports Group, which has agreed to invest up to $3 billion in PGA Tour Enterprises. Fenway principal owner John Henry is an investor director for PGA Tour Enterprises. TGL’s Atlanta team is owned by Arthur Blank, who is also an investor director for PGA Tour Enterprises.
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