Rory McIlroy's hope for PGA-LIV Golf merger could come true after Donald Trump meeting

Donald Trump was successful attendance astatine UFC 309 astatine Madison Square Garden successful New York City connected Saturday night, sitting alongside his son, Elon Musk and Saudi main Yasir Al-Rumayyan

Rory McIlroy's aspirations for Donald Trump to mediate a woody betwixt the PGA Tour and LIV Golf whitethorn person edged person to reality, pursuing sightings of the President-elect with Saudi main Yasir Al-Rumayyan.

McIlroy has openly expressed his hopes that with Trump's predetermination win for a 2nd stint successful the Oval Office, an confederation mightiness yet look betwixt the clashing golf tours. In Trump's country is billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk, whom McIlroy regards arsenic perchance instrumental successful achieving a breakthrough.

"He mightiness beryllium capable to. He's got Elon Musk, who I deliberation is the smartest antheral successful the world, beside him. We mightiness beryllium capable to bash thing if we tin get Musk involved, too," McIlroy commented past week.

"Yeah, I deliberation from the extracurricular looking in, it's astir apt a small little analyzable than it really is. But obviously, Trump has a large narration with Saudi Arabia. He's got a large narration with golf. He's a person of golf. So, maybe. Who knows? ".

In June 2023, the PGA Tour and the deep-pocketed Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund, which backs LIV, released details of a preliminary statement to merge their operations, a determination acceptable to heighten contention among starring golfers.

However, contempt the archetypal measurement forward, ongoing discussions betwixt the parties person yet to materialize into a coagulated agreement, leaving the merger hanging successful the balance.

An expected displacement mightiness beryllium conscionable astir the corner. Heightened US Government scrutiny from the Department of Justice has overshadowed discussions, but there's a beardown buzz that erstwhile President Trump's imaginable instrumentality to the Oval Office could pave the mode for smoother woody approvals.

Trump's penchant for play is nary secret, with his courses playing big to aggregate LIV events successful caller years, further highlighting his strengthening enslaved with Saudi Arabia. This was evident connected Saturday nighttime during UFC 309 astatine Madison Square Garden successful New York City erstwhile Trump was successful attendance alongside his lad Donald Jr, Musk, Robert F. Kennedy, and Al-Rumayyan, the politician of the affluent Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund that funds LIV Golf.

At 78, Trump weighed successful connected the heated divisions rocking the satellite of nonrecreational play conscionable up of November 5, confidently suggesting helium could broker a solution swiftly, though conceding helium had higher priorities if backmost successful power.

"I could astir apt get it done. I would accidental it would instrumentality maine the amended portion of 15 minutes to get that woody done," Trump stated connected the "Let's Go! " podcast hosted by Bill Belichick and Jim Gray. "I'm truly going to enactment connected different things, to beryllium honorable with you.

"I deliberation we person overmuch bigger problems than that. But I bash deliberation we should person 1 tour, and they should person the champion players successful that tour."