Rory McIlroy calls LIV Golf 'half a good idea' before saying he'd vote yes on having players return to Tour

Perhaps there is a piece of McIlroy that feels bad for certain players who left the PGA Tour to join LIV Golf.Maybe he's simply grown a bit softer as a now 37-year-old, or with the career grand slam box finally checked, perhaps he's stopped giving a thought to anything that does not directly involve him.While we may never know the why of it all, there is no denying that McIlroy's tune about LIV has changed, and his recent comments during the Bloomberg New Economy Forum only confirm that.Rory McIlroy, golfer, during the Bloomberg New Economy Forum in New Delhi, India, on Tuesday, Oct.

13, 2026.The New Economy Forum is being organized by Bloomberg Media Group, a division of Bloomberg LP, the parent company of Bloomberg News.

Photographer: Prakash Singh/Bloomberg via Getty Images (Prakash Singh/Bloomberg via Getty Images)LIV GOLF FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY AFTER SAUDI FUND PULLS SUPPORT, LEAVING PLAYERS OWED MILLIONS IN UNPAID MONEYWith LIV Golf filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and the writing on the wall at least beginning to form that the LIV 2.0 endeavor could be a failure-to-launch situation, McIlroy has begun reflecting on the first iteration of the league."LIV had probably like half of a good idea that was executed pretty poorly," McIlroy shared during the forum in New Delhi."They had a lot of capital, but I think a lot of that capital was wasted in some ways, and I think they could have used that money a lot more strategically, and they could have partnered with some of the governing bodies of the game, and they certainly could have done better things with it instead of just enriching tour pros that were already making a lot of money."THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE.

DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW!A year ago, maybe even sooner, it would have been hard to imagine McIlroy sharing thoughts such as these about LIV Golf and what the business could have done.In the past, it would have only been a moment to strictly criticize LIV.McIlroy t...