McIlroy fears ‘false economy’ created by LIV Golf could put PGA Tour events at risk

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Rory McIlroy believes the false economy" created by the threat of LIV Golf may now be putting some well-established PGA Tour events at risk. The world No 2 and current Masters champion said he felt people had lost sight of how good the tour was before it too had a huge cash injection.

When the Saudi breakaway started luring away some of the top talent on multimillion-dollar contracts during the early years the PGA Tour's response was to restructure, creating eight signature events each with smaller field and prize funds of $20m (15m), plus generating a number of associated financial benefits.