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Rory McIlroy will not be joining LIV Golf after reports had claimed that the four-time major champion was 'close to agreeing a £682million ($850m) U-turn.'
McIlroy, who will tee up at the RBC Heritage on Thursday after finishing T22 at the Masters this weekend, has been one of the most vehement opponents to the Saudi-backed breakaway league since it's inception in 2021.
Despite that, his stance towards the PGA Tour's rival league has softened in recent times, following the shock announcement last summer that the PGA Tour and DP World Tour were in talks with LIV Golf over a strategic partnership.
While other Ryder Cup stars like Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton have recently jumped sides to join LIV, reports from City A.M. on Sunday claimed that McIlroy was 'close to following suit'. The outlet claims that he had been offered an eye-watering sum of money, more than the £400m ($500m) sum Rahm was paid, to switch allegiances.
Mail Sport now understands that those claims McIlroy is considering a £682m switch to LIV are not true, with sources close to the Northern Irish golfer having denied the reports.
All eyes were on the Northern Irish golfer coming into this weekend as he attempted to end his long-standing chase for the coveted Green Jacket at the tenth time of trying at the Masters.
Unfortunatley, under the pressure it seemed McIlroy was not able to finally claim the career grand slam, leaving himself with work to do on Friday to make the cut, before failing to mount a charge up the leaderboard, posting a 71 and 73 on Saturday and Sunday to finish four-over par for the weekend - his third lowest finish at the Masters.
In the last few years, the 34-year-old has launched several scathing attacks against the emergence of LIV Golf, which he claimed back in 2022 has 'ripped the game apart' and that he 'hated' what the rival tour was doing to professional golf.
‘If you believe in something, I think you have to speak up, and I believe very strongly about this,’ said McIlroy ahead of the 2022 BMW
