When Jon Rahm introduced he was backing out of TGL, the brand new indoor golf league spearheaded by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, it ignited rumors that the Spaniard is likely to be planning a leap from the PGA Tour to LIV Golf.
McIlroy does not see it that method.
The four-time main champion spoke with reporters at a information convention for his TGL crew, Boston Widespread, on Monday and mentioned Rahm has given him the impression he’s staying with the PGA Tour.
“I spoke to Jon a pair days in the past and could be very, very shocked if that had been to occur,” McIlroy mentioned. “I am fairly assured Jon is a PGA Tour participant.”
Rahm, the reigning Masters champ, bowed out of TGL final Thursday after he was included in an preliminary roster of 24 gamers who would take part within the league.
“I’m unhappy to substantiate that I cannot be collaborating within the first TGL season,” Rahm wrote on social media. “Whereas I nonetheless suppose it is a fantastic alternative, proper now it could require a stage of dedication that I am unable to provide. Better of luck to everybody [involved] and will one of the best crew win!”
TGL officers mentioned in an announcement that they “perceive that gamers should stability a number of totally different aspects of their skilled and private lives and respect Jon’s alternative and want him properly.”
Previously, Rahm has not been as vocal a critic of the Saudi-funded LIV Golf League as McIlroy, and he needed fellow Spaniard Sergio Garcia to be included in future Ryder Cup groups regardless of his defection to LIV. However Rahm made clear in June 2022 that he didn’t play golf for financial causes, and he did not take into account LIV’s 54-hole, no-cut format to be worthwhile.
“I’ve all the time been fascinated about historical past and legacy and proper now the PGA Tour has that,” he mentioned. “There is a which means once you win the Memorial championship. There is a which means once you win Arnold Palmer’s occasion at Bay Hill. There is a which means once you win L.A., Torrey [Pines], a few of these historic venues. That, to me, issues so much.
“My coronary heart is with the PGA Tour.”
The PGA Tour, the DP World Tour and the Saudi Public Funding Fund entered a framework settlement in June that might see the established excursions obtain funding from the Saudis in a brand new for-profit enterprise. Particulars had been scarce and a Dec. 31 deadline was set to return to a extra concrete deal.
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