The white noise has infiltrated everything and everywhere in the men’s professional game. How could it not? The seismic shift in the very foundations since the Saudi PIF money first manifested has been such that friends have fallen out, conniving and whispering has been a part of locker room talk rather than traditional banter, and players – certainly those on the PGA Tour – have been left in the dark.
That fallout has been evident in the run-up to the 123rd US Open at historic Los Angeles Country Club, where Rory McIlroy decided that it would be wiser to keep his counsel rather than acting as a mouthpiece for the PGA Tour. Look where that got him!
As Shane Lowry put it to RTÉ …
- June 15, 2023
