Rory McIlroy believes the disruptive emergence of LIV Golf has benefitted every male elite golfer and has defended the controversial PGA Tour changes made in response to the Saudi-funded rebel series. He’s a hell of a competitor, he’s an even better guy, it was an honour and a privilege to battle with him today and I’m sure we’ll have many more. I told him we’re one-all in Georgia this year; he got the Masters, I got this. The players that play the best and shoot the scores are the ones that are going to benefit from the changes." When asked if PGA players are united behind the changes, the world no.3 added: "I would say that there's some players that are angry about the changes that are happening. A poor bunker shot on the par-five 18th cost Scheffler the chance to force a playoff and the Masters champion had to scramble for par to share second place with Im, who matched McIlroy’s closing 66. There's going to be some players within the membership that feel aggrieved that they might get into events that they historically have gotten into," he explained. "But there's one thing that changes that and that's just to shoot the scores. This is a merit based system, it always has been and it will continue to be.

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Scottie Scheffler (left) congratulates Rory McIlroy on the 18th green at East Lake. Photograph: Cliff Hawkins/Getty Images The three-time FedExCup champion three-putted from 15 feet to bogey the tenth, including a missed effort to save par from inside three feet, with McIlroy holing from 10 feet to save par at the 14th and then bogeying the par-five next. Watch the BMW Championship live throughout the week live on Sky Sports. Early coverage continues Sunday from 3pm via the red button on Sky Sports Golf, ahead of full coverage from 4.30pm. What a week, what a day,” McIlroy said at the prize presentation. “Firstly I want to say I feel like Scottie deserves at least half of this [trophy]. He has had an unbelievable season. I feel sort of bad that I pipped him to the post. However Scheffler struggled to a 73 and McIlroy took full advantage to claim an extraordinary victory, having started the week six shots behind the world No 1 under the handicap scoring system and making a triple bogey on his first hole.LIV coming along has definitely had a massive impact on the game, but I think everybody as a professional golfer is going to benefit from it going forward." McIlroy was not about to throw in the towel and holed from 30 feet for birdie on the 15th. He then saved par on the next after flying his second shot over the green from a fairway bunker. Although his family wasn't particularly wealthy, they made an extra effort to provide Rory with the funding he needed to become a professional golfer. By working multiple jobs, his parents were able to secure the best training for their son. They were also able to send Rory to his first major tournament: the World Championship for boys aged 9 and 10 at the Doral Golf Resort in Miami. McIlroy won the tournament. Early Career Highlights of the third round of the BMW Championship from the Olympia Fields Country Club, Illinois McIlroy attended a PGA Tour players meeting at TPC Sawgrass on Tuesday morning with a revamped system at the top of the agenda. A new schedule will see some designated events with increased prize pots feature limited 70-80 player fields and no cuts after 36 holes, which has inevitably drawn comparisons to LIV's no-cut format.

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This is an incredibly proud moment for me but it should also be an incredibly proud moment for the PGA Tour. They have had some hard times this year but we are getting through it and that was a spectacle out there today. Playing together in the final group, McIlroy and Scheffler both recorded bogeys on the 1st and while Scheffler also dropped shots on the 4th and 6th holes, McIlroy’s birdie on the third and then three more in succession from the 5th gave him a share of the lead.

Rory McIlroy was born on May 4th, 1989, in Holywood, Northern Ireland. McIlroy started golfing almost as soon as he could walk and was instructed by his father, a passionate and skilled golfer. From an early age, Rory McIlroy would go to the local golf club and became their youngest ever member at age seven. Upon receiving a golf club for his birthday, Rory McIlroy was shown the correct grip and then told to sleep that night while holding his new club properly. Asked what it to meant to win in a season in which he has emerged as one of the PGA Tour’s biggest advocates in its battle with LIV Golf, McIlroy said: “It means an awful lot. Rory McIlroy started dating former PGA of America employee Erica Stoll in 2015. And in December 2015, they got engaged while in Paris. The couple got married in April 2017 at Ashford Castle in Cong, County Mayo, and they have a daughter together.

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I'm not going to sit here and lie, I think the emergence of LIV or a competitor to the PGA Tour has benefited everybody that plays elite professional golf," McIlroy told Sky Sports ahead of this week's Players Championship. McIlroy has been one of most the influential figures driving structural change on the American circuit in direct response to the threat of the LIV enterprise. The Northern Irishman believes LIV have forced the PGA Tour's hand to make innovative changes that might not otherwise have been considered. In 2012, Rory McIlroy finished second at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, which also meant he had become the number two ranked golfer in the world. However, he also won the Honda Classic later that year, giving him the top spot for the first time in his career. That year, McIlroy would claim and lose the number one spot numerous times, eventually winning enough championships to cement his position as the best-ranked golfer. Rory McIlroy remarkably overturned a six-shot deficit in the final round of the Tour Championship to become the first player to win the FedEx Cup three times.I believe in the game of golf, I believe in this Tour in particular, I believe in the players on this Tour. It’s the greatest place in the world to play golf, bar none, and I’ve played all over the world.

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By age 15, Rory had won the Junior Ryder Cup in 2004 with the European team. He also won championships across Ireland, and in 2005 he became the youngest winner of the West of Ireland Championship and the Irish Close Championship. One year later, he was earning his stripes by winning the European Amateur. During the next few years, McIlroy competed in the Walker Cup, the British Masters, the Dubai Desert Classic, and the Open Championship. Career verifyErrors }}{{ message }}{{ /verifyErrors }}{{