Four-time major winner Rory McIlroy has denied reports by a British publication that he has been offered US$850m ($1.44b) to join the LIV Golf Tour.
The world number two says he plans to play out the rest of his career on the PGA Tour. According to British outlet City A.M., multiple sources claimed the Northern Irishman was close to signing a deal with LIV Golf of around US$850m.
The league, backed by the Saudia Arabian Public Investment Fund, recently lured former world number one and last year’s Masters champion Jon Rahm away from the PGA Tour along to join the likes of fellow major winners Brooks Koepka, Bryson Dechambeau, Dustin Johnson, Sergio Garcia and Phil Mickelson.
Various reports put Rahm’s deal to join LIV Golf at anywhere from US$300 million to US$600 million (NZ$486m to NZ$972m).
“I honestly don’t know how these things get started,” McIlroy told Golf Channel ahead of the next PGA Tour event the RBC Heritage at Hilton Head Island in South Carolina.