Rory McIlroy says the PGA Tour is worse off with Jimmy Dunne no longer on the board. Dunne was one of the key architects in the June 6 framework agreement with the Saudi backers of LIV Golf. A deal was supposed to get done by the end of 2023.
Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, speaks during a news conference at the PGA Championship golf tournament at the Valhalla Golf Club, Wednesday, May 15, 2024, in Louisville, Ky. FILE - PGA Tour board member Jimmy Dunne departs the witness table after testifying before a Senate Subcommittee on Investigations hearing on the proposed PGA Tour-LIV Golf partnership, July 11, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington.
“It’s been really unfortunate that he has not been involved for the last few months, and I think part of the reason that everything is stalling at the minute is because of that,” McIlroy said. “It’s really, really disappointing. I think the tour is in a worse place because of it. We’ll see where it goes from here and we’ll see what happens.
McIlroy resigned from the PGA Tour board in November, right before the tour settled on Strategic Sports Group as its best private equity option. SSG then became a minority investor in a deal initially worth $1.5 billion, potentially worth double that.
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