McIlroy dismisses Mickelson view that PGA Tour trending downwards
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[October 20, 2022]
(Reuters) - Rory McIlroy said he did not agree with Phil Mickelson's
assertion that the PGA Tour is "trending downwards" and added that
golfers who joined the Saudi-backed breakaway LIV Golf Series have
thrust the sport into a state of flux.
The LIV Series, which launched in June, has lured away some of the
sport's biggest names with enormous purses while those who joined
the rebel circuit are no longer eligible to participate in PGA Tour
events.
Six-times major winner Mickelson said last week that he was happy
with his decision to join LIV and that he had picked the "winning
side".
"I don't agree with what Phil said - I certainly don't see the PGA
Tour trending downward at all," four-times major winner McIlroy told
reporters at Congaree Golf Club on Wednesday, ahead of the CJ Cup in
Ridgeland, South Carolina.
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Ireland's Rory McIlroy and Phil Mickelson of the U.S. on the 10th
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"I don't think anyone that takes a logical view of
the game of golf can agree with what he said ... The guys that went
over to LIV, they're the ones that have made the disruption, they're
the ones that have sort of put the golf world in flux right now.
"I guess for them to be talking the way they are, it's bold and I
think there's a ton of propaganda being used and all sorts of
stuff."
(Reporting by Aadi Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Peter Rutherford)
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