Follow usRory Mcllroy stated that he and Justin Rose agreed not to comment the huge merge between the PGA tour and LIV Golf, that shocked the entire world, and rather focus on their golf only.
It is the first tournament since the deal emerged and it is a hot topic for debate.
Mcllroy and Rose were among those, who refused to join LIV Golf, funded by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF).
“Rosie and I said, ‘All right, no chatting until lunch so that we can actually concentrate on what we’re doing out there,'” McIlroy said.
“We started to get in a conversation walking down the first [hole] and we’re like, ‘No, let’s stop this. Let’s just focus on our golf and we’ll say what we want to say when we get inside.’
“So, it was nice to play a round of golf and focus on something else for those five hours we were out there.”
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