McIlroy\u2019s post-round interview session, however, featured few questions about his round. After McIlroy fielded zero questions in his pre-tournament presser or after Thursday\u2019s round<\/a> related to LIV Golf and recent news that the league was losing its Saudi-backed funding at season\u2019s end<\/a>, that was the meat of McIlroy\u2019s latest conversation with the media.<\/p>\n \u201cI think everyone sort of knows my views on LIV and where it stands in the game of golf,\u201d McIlroy said. \u201cI don\u2019t think I need to rehash any of that. It\u2019s never been for me and, look, it doesn\u2019t mean that LIV is going to go away. They\u2019re going to go and try and find alternative investment, whatever that may look like. But when one of the wealthiest sovereign wealth funds in the world thinks that you\u2019re too expensive for them, that sort of says something.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Watch the third round of the Truist Championship at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, N.C.<\/p>\n With Saudi Arabia\u2019s Public Investment Fund pulling out<\/a> while expressing that LIV\u2019s \u201csubstantial investment \u2026 is no longer consistent with the current phase of PIF\u2019s investment strategy,\u201d LIV CEO Scott O\u2019Neil has now been forced to look for alternative investment options to keep the league afloat. <\/p>\n LIV has recently established a new board of directors<\/a>, and several LIV members have reportedly reached out to the PGA Tour about potential pathways back following the reintegration of Brooks Koepka<\/a> and Patrick Reed<\/a>.<\/p>\n McIlroy was asked about the prospect of welcoming back LIV players such as Bryson DeChambeau<\/a> and Jon Rahm, the latter of whom recently agreed to a deal with the DP World Tour but also revealed he had \u201cseveral years\u201d left on his LIV contract<\/a> \u2013 \u201cI don\u2019t see many ways out,\u201d Rahm added.<\/p>\n \u201cIf it is a scenario where they have the option to come back and play on the traditional tours, you know, I think Brian Rolapp has said anything that makes this Tour stronger, anything that makes the DP World Tour stronger, I think everyone should be open to that,\u201d McIlroy said. \u201cThat\u2019s just good business practice. But again, I think there\u2019s going to be a lot of sort of bridges to cross to get there … it seems like those guys are still going to play the majority of their golf on LIV, in whatever form it takes.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"Image](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778302813_167_.jpeg\")
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