sport news Tiger Woods 'votes AGAINST Rory McIlroy's return to the PGA Tour board' - amid ... trends now

Tiger Woods has reportedly voted against Rory McIlroy's re-inclusion to the PGA Tour policy board as the organisation looks to negotiate a deal with the Saudi Arabian-backed breakaway league LIV Golf. 

It had been confirmed on Thursday that McIlroy, who resigned from his position on the PGA Tour board in November amid frustrations over the role, would not be returning to the position with the World No 2 stating that 'old wounds had re-opened'.

Webb Simpson, who will resign from his post on both the PGA Tour policy board and his position as a director of PGA Tour Enterprises, had indicated that McIlroy was to take over both of his positions. 

Despite that, The Telegraph reports that the remaining five player-executives on the board - which comprises of Tiger Woods, Patrick Cantlay, Peter Malnati, Adam Scott and Jordan Spieth - had voted against the decision to re-integrate McIlroy. 

The outlet claims that Woods, a long-standing ally of McIlroy's, was one of those who voted against the four-time major winner's inclusion, with the votes being cast 3-2 for the 35-year-old to be excluded from the board. The other two members who voted against McIlroy's re-inclusion are not yet known.

It appears that after holding talks with the current board members over a return, McIlroy's vision of a merger with LIV Golf's backers - the £60billion Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund - did not fit with those of the board. 

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