TORONTO : Rory McIlroy made a pact with Justin Rose to not discuss this week's shock news until after their first round of the Canadian Open on Thursday but the plan quickly fell apart.McIlroy and Rose were among the early starters at Oakdale Country Club where play began two days after the announcement o
TORONTO : Rory McIlroy made a pact with Justin Rose to not discuss this week's shock news until after their first round of the Canadian Open on Thursday but the plan quickly fell apart.
"Rosie and I said, 'all right, no chatting until lunch' so that we can actually concentrate on what we're doing out there," said two-time defending champion McIlroy. Critics of LIV Golf consider the lucrative circuit, which features no cuts and 54-hole events instead of the traditional 72, nothing more than an attempt to"sportswash" Saudi Arabia's record of human rights violations.
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