The debate around the golf merger continues to draw attention from all sides. It hasn’t been long since Rory McIlroy called it impossible. His reason? The “irrational spending” by LIV. His argument centers on the financial model of LIV, its substantial payouts and guaranteed contracts, which significantly exceed traditional tour structures. However, the LIV Golf CEO Scott O’Neil didn’t stay quiet.

Speaking to journalist Gabby Herzig, he revealed his strategic thinking about player recruitment. “If you compare the strength of field – which I have, our team has – across the PGA Tour and LIV Golf, for the first 25 players, it’s pretty, pretty close,” O’Neil explained . “The next 25 is not as close, and so it’s incumbent upon us to make sure that we create enough pathways and that we’re

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