Rory McIlroy welcomes PIF, PGA Tour Policy Board meeting | Live From The Players | Golf Channel

Rory McIlroy shares his thoughts on the latest developments in the PGA Tour-PIF negotiations, explaining why a meeting between the two sides can be a “good thing.” #GolfChannel #LiveFromThePlayers #PGATour
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Rory McIlroy welcomes PIF, PGA Tour Policy Board meeting | Live From The Players | Golf Channel
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WENT IN ON 4, IT KIND OF FELT LIKE IT WAS OUR DAY. >> HE IS ON THE WAY TO BEING TOM BRADY. WHAT MORE CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THIS MEETING TOMORROW BETWEEN THE PGA TOUR POLICY BOARD AND THE PUBLIC INVESTMENT FUND FROM SAUDI ARABIA?

>> YEAH, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST NIGHT AT LIVE FROM THE PLAYERS. IT WAS REPORTED ORIGINALLY BY GOLF WEEK AND OUR CONTRIBUTOR EAMON LYNCH THAT A MEETING IS LIKELY TO TAKE PLACE THIS WEEK BETWEEN PUBLIC INVESTMENT FUND OF SAUDI ARABIA AND MANY OF THE

POLICY BOARD FOR THE PGA BOARD, THE PLAYER DIRECTORS. NOW TODAY PATRICK CANTLAY, WHO IS A PLAYER DIRECTOR ON THE PGA TOUR POLICY BOARD ACCORDING TO “SPORTS ILLUSTRATED” CONFIRMED THAT, YES, THERE WILL BE A MEETING ON MONDAY. DID NOT GIVE ANY DETAILS AS TO

WHERE IT WILL TAKE PLACE. IT COULD VERY WELL HAPPEN HERE IN THEMONT VEDRA BEACH AREA OR THE TIME OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. BUT SAID THAT THERE WILL BE A MEETING BETWEEN OFFICIALS FROM THE PIF, MAYBE YASSER ABRAM AND PLAYERS ON THE BOARD.

RORY McILROY WAS A MEMBER OF THAT POLICY BOARD UNTIL LAST NOVEMBER. HE HAS BEEN VERY VOCAL, ESPECIALLY LATELY THAT THERE SHOULD BE A DEAL DONE BETWEEN THE PGA TOUR AND PIF. AND TODAY HE REITERATED THAT. >> WORD IS BEEN CONFIRMED THERE

IS A MEETING TOMORROW WITH THE PLAYER DIRECTORS AND PIF. DO YOU WELCOME? IS THAT A GOOD THING THROUGHOUT? >> ABSOLUTELY. I THINK IT SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED MONTHS AGO. SO I’M GLAD THAT IT’S HAPPENING, AND HOPEFULLY THAT PROGRESSES CONVERSATIONS AND GETS US CLOSER TO A SOLUTION.

>> DOES TIGER NEED TO BE INVOLVED IN THAT DO YOU THINK? AT THIS POINT. >> I MEAN, HE IS A PLAYER DIRECTOR. HE IS ON THE BOARD. SO ABSOLUTELY HE NEEDS TO BE INVOLVED. >> WHAT DO YOU HOPE THEIR MESSAGE IS? WHAT DO YOU HOPE THEIR TAKEAWAY

IS? WHAT DO YOU HOPE TO TAKE FROM THAT MEETING? >> THE PLAYERS OR THE PIF? >> THE PLAYERS. >> THE PLAYERS? THAT FUNDAMENTALLY, HE WANTS TO DO THE RIGHT THING. I THINK — I’VE SAID THIS BEFORE. I HAVE SPENT TIME WITH YASSER,

AND HIS — THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE REPRESENTED HIM IN LIV I THINK HAVE DONE HIM A DISSERVICE. SO NORMAN AND THOSE GUYS. I DON’T — I SEE THE TWO ENTITIES, AND I THINK THERE IS A REALLY BIG DISCONNECT BETWEEN PIF. YOU HAVE PIF OVER HERE AND LIV

RIGHT THERE DOING THEIR OWN THING. SO THE CLOSER THAT WE CAN GET TO YASSER, PIF, AND HOPEFULLY FINALIZE THAT INVESTMENT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WILL BE A REALLY GOOD THING. >> WHAT DOES PIF WANT DO YOU THINK THAT IS DIFFERENT FROM LIV?

>> LOOK, THEY’RE A SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUND. THEY WANT THE PARK MONEY FOR DECADES AND NOT WORRY ABOUT IT. THEY WANT TO INVEST IN SMART AND SECURE BUSINESSES. AND THE PGA TOUR IS DEFINITELY ONE OF THOSE, ESPECIALLY IF THEY’RE LOOKING TO INVEST IN SPORT IN SOME WAY.

>> WHEN YOU TALKED WITH YASSER, DID YOU SENSE FROM HIM A BIGGER PICTURE VIEW THAN WHAT WE’RE SEEING WITH LIV? >> ABSOLUTELY. I THINK THERE IS WAY TO INCORPORATE. I THINK THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY’RE BIG ON TEAM GOLF, AND THEY WANT

TO SEE TEAM GOLF AND SURVIVE IN SOME WAY IN THE CALENDAR. I DON’T THINK IT HAS TO NECESSARILY LOOK LIKE LIV. I THINK IN MY MIND, YOU SHOULD LEAVE THE INDIVIDUAL GOLF THE INDIVIDUAL GOLF AND PLAY YOUR TEAM GOLF ON THE PERIPHERY OF THAT.

BUT, AGAIN, IT’S GOING REQUIRE PATIENCE, RIGHT. PEOPLE HAVE CONTRACTS AT LIV UP UNTIL 2029. I DON’T KNOW IF THEY’RE GOING TO SEE THAT ALL THE WAY OUT. BUT I DEFINITELY SEE LIV, YOU KNOW, PLAYING IN ITS CURRENT FORM FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.

WHILE EVERYTHING GETS FIGURED OUT, I DON’T THINK THIS IS AN OVERNIGHT SOLUTION. BUT WE CAN GET THE INVESTMENT IN, THEN AT LEAST WE CAN START WORKING TOWARDS A COMPROMISE WHERE WE’RE NOT GOING MAKE EVERYONE HAPPY, BUT AT LEAST MAKE EVERYONE UNDERSTAND WHY

WE’RE DOING WHAT WE’RE DOING. >> NOW FIVE OF THE SIX PLAYER RECORDS ON THE PGA TOUR POLICY BOARD WERE IN THE FIELD HERE AT THE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP. THE ONLY ONE THAT WAS NOT HERE, TIGER WOODS. ADAM SCOTT ONE OF THE PLAYERS,

HE TOLD ME THAT HE WANTS TO PUT A FACE WITH THE NAME IN REGARDS TO PIF AND FIGURE OUT THE INTENTIONS OF THAT GROUP. OF COURSE, WE WILL FOLLOW ALL THE DEVELOPMENTS OF THIS STORY. ONE THING TO CONSIDER, BOTH SIDES, RICH, ARE UNDER THE

FEELINGS THAT IT’S GOING TO TAKE CLOSE TO A YEA