Webb Simpson sought to let Rory McIlroy take his place on the PGA Tour Policy Board but McIlroy said some may have been 'uncomfortable' with him coming back after leaving the board in December.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Rory McIlroy’s desire to get back on the PGA Tour Policy Board has been thwarted for various reasons, meaning Webb Simpson will serve out the rest of his term and a strong advocate for a deal with the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia will have to make his voice heard from the outside.
“So yeah, I put my hand up to help and it was—I wouldn't say it was rejected, it was a complicated process to get through to put me back on there. So that's all fine, no hard feelings and we'll all move on.” It’s been nearly a year since the controversial “framework agreement” between the PGA Tour, DP World Tour and PIF was announced. The Tour has since made a deal with Strategic Sports Group for up to $3 billion in investment, with a complicated plan to give players equity.
“That was in 1998 or whatever it was and 20, 25, 30 years ahead, my generation doesn't know any different. It's just this is what it's always been like and we've never known anything but peace. That's sort my little way of trying to think about it and trying to make both sides see that there could be a compromise here.
“It could be if we go to a more global schedule, do the American players that are used to playing all their golf in American want to travel outside of the States 12 times a year to play tournament golf? That’s a consideration,” he said.
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