{"id":425313,"date":"2026-01-22T07:10:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T07:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/425313\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T07:10:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T07:10:08","slug":"mcilroy-believes-pga-liv-too-far-apart-for-deal-challenges-rahm-hatton-to-pay-fines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/425313\/","title":{"rendered":"McIlroy believes PGA, LIV \u2018too far apart\u2019 for deal, challenges Rahm, Hatton to pay fines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Rory McIlroy said the rift between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf is too wide, effectively negating any chance for \u200ca reunification in the sport of golf.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cI just don\u2019t see a \u200dworld where it can happen at this point,\u201d the world No 2 McIlroy said on Wednesday at Emirates Golf Club ahead of this week\u2019s Dubai Desert Classic.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">McIlroy\u2019s comments came on the heels of the PGA \u2060Tour reinstating former LIV Golf team captain Brooks Koepka through a new Returning Member Programme that offers a window for select players to return.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">A very vocal critic of LIV Golf, McIlroy said he doesn\u2019t feel either side ever will make appropriate concessions in order \u200dfor a proper reunification.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cI don\u2019t see a world where the two or three sides \u200dor whoever it is will give up enough,\u201d McIlroy, 36, said. \u201cLike for reunification to happen, every side is going to feel like they \u200cwill have lost, where you really want every side to feel like they have won.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cI think \u200dthey are just too far apart for that to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rory McIlroy said the rift between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf is too wide, effectively negating any&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":425314,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[63795,18248,49,48,148572,177780,85529,622,23285,1977,6674,3747,177779,1976,13261,82,9753,14767],"class_list":["post-425313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-bethpage-black","tag-brooks-koepka","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-dubai-desert-classic","tag-emirates-golf-club","tag-european-tour","tag-golf","tag-ireland","tag-jon-rahm","tag-liv-golf","tag-pga-tour","tag-returning-member-programme","tag-rory-mcilroy","tag-ryder-cup","tag-sports","tag-tyrrell-hatton","tag-us-president-donald-trump"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=425313"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425313\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/425314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=425313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=425313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}