Rory McIlroy has been one of the most outspoken PGA Tour golfers about preserving the tour despite everything LIV Golf is doing to create its own breakaway league, but even the Northern Irishman recognizes the power of what LIV is building.

Before the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund-backed LIV Golf changed the sport forever, the Premier Golf League was trying to get off the ground and rival the PGA Tour

Rory McIlroy has never hidden his frustration with Greg Norman, frequently criticizing the Australian as he helped launch the LIV Golf League and, in McIlroy’s mind, initiated the schism with the PGA Tour that has harmed men’s professional golf.

The PGA Tour knew there was trouble on the horizon when the concept of the Premier Golf League (PGL) appeared. However, it was the arrival of the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund (PIF) supported LIV Golf that truly shook the foundations of traditional golfing structures.

The two Northern Irish golfers have been close in the past, but a move to the rival tour could ruin that relationship.

Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm will go up against each other in Dubai this week, and the pair are in disagreement over the current state of men's professional golf amid the PGA Tour-LIV fallout

Rory McIlroy has said that Greg Norman's departure as CEO of LIV Golf is "probably a good move" while Jon Rahm believes it gives the Saudi-backed league a "less threatening image." LIV is moving forward with sports executive Scott O'Neil as its CEO,

The war of words between Greg Norman and Rory McIlroy is as good as done. Although the ongoing negotiations between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf on their "framework agreement" have made little apparent progress,