Miami | Rory McIlroy, the strongest voice against Saudi-funded LIV Golf that caused so much disruption in the sport, said on Wednesday (Thursday AEST) he felt like a “sacrificial lamb” after the PGA Tour’s stunning reversal to become partners with the kingdom’s enormous wealth fund.

It was McIlroy who helped lead a players-only meeting last August that reshaped the PGA Tour to fend off the challenge of LIV Golf. He has been the loudest critic, a member of the tour’s policy board. And he was among the last to hear the news shortly before it broke.

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