Last week, PGA Tour superstar Rory McIlroy surprisingly revealed that he would be in favor of LIV Golf players returning to the PGA Tour with no punishments or repercussions – a significant change in the way he’s talked about the situation in the past. But it’s pretty clear that not everyone agrees with him.
In an interview this week, PGA Tour star Scottie Scheffler made it clear that he does not think the LIV Golf players should be able to return to the Tour “like nothing happened,” pointing out that it would be a slap in the face to all of the players who remained loyal to the PGA Tour.
“We remained loyal to a tour, a tour that was loyal to us,” Scheffler said according to ESPN. “I built my entire career here on the PGA Tour and I wasn’t willing to leave it. I dreamt of playing on this tour. Some of the guys that left, maybe that wasn’t for them. But I think that if they want a pathway back, that there should be one, but it definitely shouldn’t just be coming back in the first week they want to come back and play.
“There should be some sort of caveat to them getting back on our tour.”
With the PGA Tour and LIV Golf appearing to be nearing a sort of alliance, it looks like this could be a situation that
[ESPN]
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