Rory McIlroy Offers Optimistic Timeframe for PGA Tour, LIV Golf Merger to Finalize

‘I think we’ll know a lot more by year’s end,’ said the four-time major winner, who’s playing in Scotland’s Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.

Rory McIlroy attends day one of the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth Golf Club in Virginia Water, Surrey, England, on Sept. 19, 2024. Zac Goodwin/PA via AP

Ever since the PGA Tour, DP World Tour and LIV Golf announced in June 2023 that they had agreed to a merger to form one unified entity, golf fans have been waiting … and waiting … and waiting for the deal to officially go through. They may not have to wait much longer, according to Rory McIlroy, who was formerly one of the staunchest opponents of the LIV Tour but has since become more welcoming to the unification.

Playing at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in Scotland this week, McIlroy, who served on the PGA Tour policy board when the intent to merge was announced, offered a timeframe as to when the parties could finally put an end to this era of split tours in professional golf.