McIlroy has been speaking on behalf of the PGA Tour's side for the entire LIV Golf saga. Rahm was on his side for two years before jumping to the rival tour in late 2023. The division in golf's professional ranks has tanked television ratings but the recreational side of the sport has boomed in recent years.

Although Rory McIlroy may eventually share Jon Rahm's optimism about the state of professional golf, he currently does not believe the sport is in its "golden era" -- as the Spaniard suggested on Tuesday.

LIV Golf has formalized a multi-year agreement with Fox Sports to air live broadcasts of the Saudi circuit in the United States. The deal, rumored for months and first reported by the Sports Business Journal,

LIV Golf announced a multi-year media rights deal Thursday with Fox Sports that will see all of its tournament rounds carried live across one of the Fox family of networks. The U.S. deal will see LIV Golf paid a rights fee—a change from the revenue-sharing agreement LIV had with the CW Network the last two years—while LIV's own broadcast team will remain intact.