Rickie Fowler vehemently disagrees with Rory McIlroy on LIV golfers’ return to PGA Tour

Rory McIlroy just lately made waves, making a 180-degree shift on his opinion of LIV Golf. He went as far as to say the Tour ought to “let them come back.” Regardless of one of many main voices of the PGA Tour altering his tune, not all gamers really feel the identical manner.

Rickie Fowler is a type of golfers.

Fowler has been one of many gamers who has principally strayed from the fray of LIV Golf.

After his spherical on Thursday, the place Fowler went bogey-free on SpyGlass Hill to card a 67, the previous Oklahoma State Cowboy let everybody know the place he stood.

“So far as selections to go elsewhere and simply welcome again, I do not suppose it is a direct highway,” FowIer mentioned. “They made selections — there needs to be one thing for it. Whether or not how small or large, that is less than me. I really feel like I have been saying it will likely be attention-grabbing to see how the subsequent few months or 12 months or two years go, and we’re nonetheless in that spot…”

Fowler would not fault the gamers for leaving, however he additionally needs to play in opposition to one of the best gamers on the planet.

“Finally, for the sport of golf and having one of the best gamers taking part in in opposition to one another extra usually, that is finally what we’re making an attempt to do with signature or elevated occasions,” he mentioned. “Proper now, with the handful of these guys being at LIV, that solely occurs relating to the majors.”

This week’s subject on the AT&T Pebble Seaside Professional Am is as stacked with prime tier expertise as perhaps ever earlier than. That’s due to the Signature Occasion standing and the $20 million purse that comes with it.

The PGA Tour recently struck a deal with Strategic Sports activities Group, a consortium {of professional} staff homeowners, touchdown as much as $3 billion in investments. That very nicely would possibly change the Tour’s stance on a possible take care of the Saudi Public Funding Fund (PIF).

Jordan Spieth, a member of the PGA Tour’s coverage board, made it clear he doesn’t imagine the Tour wants the PIF presently. Will that change? Will the fracture in golf ever be repaired?

For now, that division exists and if Fowler has his manner, anybody who needs to come back again must pay penance.

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