Rory McIlroy, Tommy Fleetwood spotted using new TaylorMade drivers at Abu Dhabi Championship
LIV’s announcement on Tuesday that they would be changing their format from a 54 hole tour to 72 hole tour has got the golf world talking.
The move has surprised many within the sport, as the tour seemingly strives to attain ranking points which has so far alluded them.
On Wednesday in Abu Dhabi, longtime critic of LIV, Rory McIlroy, had his say on the decision, calling it a “peculiar move”:
“I think it’s a peculiar move because I think they could have got ranking points with three rounds. I don’t think three rounds versus four rounds is what was holding them back…”
The Irishman continued:
“…It certainly puts them more in line with traditional golf tournaments than what we’ve all done. It brings them back into not really being a destructor and sort is of falling more in line with what everyone else does. But if that’s what they felt they needed to do to get the ranking points, I guess that’s what they had to do….”
McIlroy added:
“Yeah, I think what’s hard is you’ve got the LIV guys, and say potentially they get World Rankings, but because their strength of fields are going to be so weak because a lot of the guys have fallen already in the rankings because they have not had ranking points for so long, I don’t know if the ranking points are really going to benefit them. Yeah, it will be interesting to see how it plays out.”
The 36-year-old tees off tomorrow for round one of the Abu Dhabi Championship at Yas Links golf course.
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