Rory McIlroy has been at the centre of the talks between the PGA Tour and the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia (PIF) in recent years and has provided an update

The four-time major champion has a lot of thoughts on the state of pro golf but said “we shouldn’t try to dumb down golf to appeal to more people.”

Rory McIlroy will make his first PGA Tour appearance of the season this week at Pebble Beach and ahead of the event has called on the PGA Tour to scale back its schedule

Rory McIlroy has suggested that the PGA Tour could scale back the number of tournaments it stages each year in order to combat “fatigue” among golf’s fanbase.

Rory McIlroy said Tuesday he understands how the golf consumer might be fatigued with all the different forms of the game that now exist and even suggested lessening the number of events on the PGA Tour could help.

Rory McIlroy believes that golf fans could become "fatigued" by the wealth of options available to them and suggests there are "definitely too many" events on the current PGA Tour schedule.

Rory McIlroy believes there are “definitely too many” events on the current PGA Tour schedule and is concerned that golf fans may become “fatigued” by the multitude of options now available to watch.

Tom McKibbin has been confirmed as LIV Golf's latest recruit, joining Jon Rahm's Legion XIII team. There will be more to follow on this breaking news story and Mirror US Sports will bring you the very latest updates,

Rory McIlroy feels the PGA Tour's schedule should be reduced to combat the "diminished" status of professional golf.