Before the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund-backed LIV Golf changed the sport forever, the Premier Golf League was trying to get off the ground and rival the PGA Tour

Rory McIlroy has been one of the most outspoken PGA Tour golfers about preserving the tour despite everything LIV Golf is doing to create its own breakaway league, but even the Northern Irishman recognizes the power of what LIV is building.

The PGA Tour knew there was trouble on the horizon when the concept of the Premier Golf League (PGL) appeared. However, it was the arrival of the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund (PIF) supported LIV Golf that truly shook the foundations of traditional golfing structures.

The two Northern Irish golfers have been close in the past, but a move to the rival tour could ruin that relationship.

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