Rory McIlroy believes Donald Trump changing into US president for the second time may assist “clear the way” for a peace deal in golf.
With the 78-year-old Republican securing victory over Democrat opponent Kamala Harris in Tuesday’s presidential election, McIlroy feels the return of the golf-loving Trump to the White Home in January might effectively speed up a conclusion to the long-running talks between the PGA Tour, DP World Tour and Saudi Arabia-backed LIV Golf to formalise the framework settlement first signed in June 2023.
“Given today’s news with what’s happened in America, I think that clears the way a little bit,” mentioned McIlroy in a press convention forward of this week’s Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, which is stay on Sky Sports activities Golf and serves as the primary of the back-to-back season-ending Play-Offs within the Race to Dubai.
And requested if the US Division of Justice may due to this fact be extra amenable to the proposed deal beneath a Trump presidency, McIlroy mentioned: “It would be a huge moment.”
In a podcast look forward of the election earlier this week, Trump instructed it “would take me the better part of 15 minutes” to safe a deal between LIV and the established excursions.
Talking to Sky Sports activities Golf about that declare, McIlroy mentioned: “He would possibly be capable to.
“He is bought Elon Musk, who I feel is the neatest man on the earth beside him, so he would possibly be capable to do one thing if we will get Musk concerned too.
“But from the outside looking in I think it’s probably a little bit less complicated than it actually is, but obviously Trump has a great relationship with Saudi Arabia, he’s got a great relationship with golf, he’s a lover of golf, so maybe. Who knows?
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“But as the president of the United States again he’s probably got bigger things to focus on than golf.”
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