Rory McIlroy: ‘World’s smartest man’ Elon Musk can help Donald Trump end golf’s civil war

Rory McIlroy is hopeful that the brains of Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s prescence successful the White House tin assistance nutrient a breakthrough to extremity golf’s civilian war.

Despite agreeing a model woody successful June 2023, the PGA Tour and LIV Golf are inactive yet to finalise presumption connected a woody that would bring an extremity to the part wrong men’s professional golf.

Trump, who claimed earlier successful the week that it would instrumentality him 15 minutes to bring the 2 sides together, swept to powerfulness – and a 2nd Presidential word – aft an emphatic triumph implicit Kamala Harris.

His triumph could person far-reaching ramifications for play fixed the 78-year-old’s keen involvement successful the athletics and concern ties with some Saudi Arabia and LIV.

And McIlroy is hopeful that Trump mightiness bring connected committee Musk to assistance expedite advancement towards a meaningful deal.

‘He mightiness beryllium capable to [help get a woody done], the Northern Irishman said, speaking successful the Middle East up of the DP World Tour’s penultimate lawsuit of the season.

‘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.

‘I deliberation from the extracurricular looking in, it’s astir apt a small little analyzable than it really is. But evidently 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?

‘But I deliberation arsenic the President of the United States again, he’s astir apt got bigger things to absorption connected than golf.’

The President-elect could besides power the ongoing US Department of Justice’s (DOJ) probe into the imaginable merger betwixt the PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) which has proved a large stumbling artifact successful finalising a deal.

Asked if a alteration successful the DOJ’s attack nether Trump would assistance a woody get brokered, McIlroy responded: ‘It would beryllium a immense moment.

‘Obviously fixed today’s quality with what’s happened successful America, I deliberation that clears the mode a small bit. So we’ll see.’

But the World No.3 was besides hesitant to committedness thing soon. Reports from The Sun past play suggested that a $1bn (£780m) deal betwixt the PGA Tour and LIV had been completed, but McIlroy was incapable to substantiate specified claims.

‘Yeah, it’s the archetypal that I’ve heard of it,’ helium said. ‘I cognize Jay (Monahan) was successful Saudi Arabia past week astatine the FII (Future Investment Initiative Institute) and was having immoderate meetings.

‘But no, I deliberation I would person heard if determination was. I cognize he’s briefing the transaction committee tonight. So possibly immoderate quality comes retired of that.

‘But arsenic acold arsenic I’m aware, I haven’t heard a thing.’

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