PGA, LIV golfers react to merger of rival leagues

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PGA, LIV golfers react to merger of rival leagues: 'Nothing like finding out through Twitter'

Not getting in on the social media reaction was Rory McIlroy, who spent the past year vehemently defending the PGA Tour against LIV before going quiet on the topic in recent weeks.It wasn't immediately clear how the unification would work going forward.

Players who switched to LIV inked lucrative signing bonuses — in Mickelson's case, a reported $200 million — yet now might have a way to rejoin players who opted not to take money from a league that some have called a Saudi Arabia “sportswashing” initiative.“So, you preach loyalty to a tour and convince guys not to take 8 and 9 figure deals based, in part, on that loyalty and, in part, on the source of the money.

 

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