11 December 2023 , 23:29
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Rory McIlroy was the subject of a fiery tirade from an unnamed former Ryder Cup teammate who jumped ship to LIV Golf.
Golf author Alan Shipnuck has released excerpts on his website for his upcoming book, which features quotes directed at McIlroy and slamming his fight against the Saudi-funded league. The book, "LIV and Let Die" features insider reporting regarding the battle between the PGA Tour and the new competition.
One of the excerpts released from the book featured an explosive alleged rant aimed at McIlroy. The author refused to list who made the comments but the passage was released on Today's Golf.
“F*** Rory. I’m so sick of hearing about how he is some kind of hero who is saving golf," said the unnamed golfer. "He’s bought and paid for like everybody else, it’s just that his money is coming from the other side."
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"Did you know that when Whoop wanted to do a deal with the PGA Tour, the Tour insisted that Rory be one of the endorsers? He was given a $10 million equity stake that is now worth $200 million.
"How do you think he got his own deal with NBC? The Tour brokered that, too. The Tour is so reliant on Rory now they have given him his own league [TGL], even though it will compete with the Tour for viewers and advertisers."
"Rory’s fighting so hard for the Tour because he wants to preserve his revenue streams, not because he cares about the Tour itself. That he is being held up as some kind of savior on Twitter and by all the fanboys with their s***ty podcasts tells you how little people really understand what is going on.”
McIlroy and Tiger Woods started their on TGL digital golf league with he PGAAccording to reports, Sean O'Flaherty, McIlroy's manager, asked the author for the name of a golfer mentioned in an article. The author refused, stating that the golfer had only agreed to speak anonymously.
There has been plenty of public back-and-forth between McIlroy and former Team Europe teammates who opted to take the money on offer by LIV Golf. He recently took aim at Henrik Stenson, the former Ryder Cup captain who lost the role to Luke Donald after his decision to join LIV.
"The best thing to happen to the 2023 Euro Ryder Cup team was Henrik going to LIV!," McIlroy wrote on social media. A few days earlier, after calling for Ryder Cup rules to be changed to accommodate Jon Rahm, he suggested Europe did not miss other former teammates who missed out on the most recent tournament.
"We didn't NEED any of the others in Rome and we didn't miss them," McIlroy wrote. "We'd certainly miss and need Jon at Bethpage."