But to the Abu Dhabi Aldar Championship
Speaking for the first time since the last batch of LIV news left, McIlroy, one of the game’s most outspoken and thoughtful figures, reflected on golf’s “false economy” era, LIV’s desire to turn professional golf into an “arms race” and more.
Un tema interessante chì hà trattatu include a regula chì hà fattu McIlroy decide di mantene a so adesione à u DP World Tour anni fà. McIlroy hà dettu ch’ellu hà cunsideratu abbandunà u DP World Tour perchè era spargugliatu troppu magre è vulia un calendariu condensatu. (He is one of the few players who has dual membership of the PGA Tour and the DP World Tour, where a certain set of criteria, including the number of starts, must be met).
Ma in corta, McIlroy vole esse un capitanu di Ryder Cup. Then he changed his mind.
join the DP World Tour next seasonhe said he wanted to be a part of the Ryder Cup again. He was one of several European mainstays of the Ryder Cup who turned out for LIV – along with Lee Westwood, Ian Poulter, Henrik Stenson and others – and although those defects could still be in the Ryder Cup team, a rule was in place where they were no longer allowed to be captains or vice-captains. (Stenson hè statu spogliatu di u so capitanu per u 2023.)
“Aghju guasi cascatu ind’è quella regula”, McIlroy hà dettu u marcuri, quandu era dumandatu s’ellu era d’accordu cù a regula. “I was going to give my membership to the DP World Tour in 2019, and I had a chat with (DP World Tour CEO) Keith Pelley at the time, and he said, ‘Look, you know, based in America, I want to focus here for a bit.’ di a Ryder Cup in u futuru”. È aghju dettu: “Bè, ùn aghju micca da fà cusì”.
“So, as soon as I almost made that choice and had that conversation with Keith Pelley and knew the rules, I was like, well, of course I want to be a Ryder Cup captain one day. There was no decision to be made.”
LIV’s emergence not only changed the landscape of golf, but also threw a wrench into what seemed like a natural progression of future European Ryder Cup captains. Stenson was due to be the captain in 2023 before Luke Donald stepped in, and it was long believed that players such as Westwood, Poulter and others would also have their turn. Puderanu ancu, ma u percorsu ùn hè micca chjaru cum’è anni fà.