Rory McIlroy hits back at media over LIV x PGA merger- "I'd love to ask why their golf coverage is so negative"

4-time Major championship winner and PGA Tour veteran Rory McIlroy was recently part of a Q&A with Kyle Porter on the Normal Sport newsletter. In this Q&A, Porter asked McIlroy many questions about golf, and the duo even touched on the subject of media coverage of golf.

During the Q&A, Porter asked McIlroy what's the one question he would like to ask the media. Amidst the ongoing talks of a PGA Tour-LIV Golf merger, McIlroy said he would like to ask the media why their coverage of the sport is so negative.

"So I would say the one thing that I... and this isn't you. There's certain people in the game that I would say how can I put this? We're all in this together, right? We're all in the game of golf together, and we all want to push forward. And I always wonder why some people in the media ask questions that have a negative connotation toward golf, or make golf look bad or put it in a bad light. I get it," he said.

"I get that it's human nature and negativity sells. And that's why CNN is the way it is, and why Fox News is the way it is and all that stuff. But if we're all in this together and we all know that we can benefit by raising the game up, some people in the media I'd love to ask why their coverage of golf is so negative," he added.

While Porter said he agrees with Rory McIlroy's answer, the golfer said that while he gets where the media is coming from, he also mentioned that it's important to focus on the positives of the game. He also wondered what their incentive is to be so negative at times.

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Where did Rory McIlroy play in his recent outing on the professional golf circuit?

In his most recent outing on the professional golf circuit, Rory McIlroy was seen playing at the 2024 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship on the DP World Tour. At the event, McIlroy competed against some of the best golfers from the DP World Tour, PGA Tour, and LIV Golf.

In the four rounds that he played at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, Rory McIlroy carded 69-69-68-68 to finish T25. The Irish golf veteran was tied along with the likes of Padraig Harrington and Robert MacIntyre.

The 2024 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship had a total purse of $5,000,000. While the largest chunk of the share went to the tournament's winner, Tyrrell Hatton, Rory McIlroy earned $39,744 for his T25 finish.

Here is a detailed list of the payout at the 2024 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship:

• 1 Tyrrell Hatton $800,000
• 2 Nicolas Colsaerts $533,330
• 3 Tommy Fleetwood $300,480
• T4 Rasmus Neergaard-Peterson $203,840
• T4 David Puig $203,840
• T4 Robin Williams $203,840
• T7 Tom Valliant $123,840
• T7 Haotong Li $123,840
• T7 Jon Rahm $123,840
• T10 Matthew Jordan $92,160
• T10 Brooks Koepka $92,160
• T12 Kazuma Kobori $71,178
• T12 Darren Fichardt $71,178
• T12 Niklas Norgaard $71,178
• T12 Thorbjorn Oleson $71,178
• T12 Shane Lowry $71,178
• T12 Alex Noren $71,178
• T12 Dean Burmester $71,178
• T19 Peter Uihlein $55,200
• T19 Adrien Saddier $55,200
• T19 David Micheluzzi $55,200
• T19 Jorge Campillo $55,200
• T19 Yannik Paul $55,200
• T19 Louis Albertse $55,200
• T25 Maximilian Rottluff $39,744
• T25 James Ashfield $39,744
• T25 Jens Dantorp $39,744
• T25 Daniel Hillier $39,744
• T25 Callum Shinkwin $39,744
• T25 Robert MacIntyre $39,744
• T25 Rory McIlroy $39,744
• T25 Padraig Harrington $39,744
• T25 Andrew Putnam $39,744
• T25 Scott Jamieson $39,744
• T35 Jordan Smith $28,975
• T35 Todd Clements $28,975
• T35 Branden Grace $28,975
• T35 Joost Luiten $28,975
• T35 Matthew Baldwin $28,975
• T35 Grant Forrest $28,975
• T35 Patrick Reed $28,975
• T35 Connor Syme $28,975
• T43 Matthew Southgate $23,520
• T43 John Parry $23,520
• T43 Fabrizio Zanotti $23,520
• T43 Tom McKibbin $23,520
• T43 Wilco Nienaber $23,520
• T43 Matt Wallace $23,520
• T43 Richard Mansell $23,520
• T43 Sam Jones $23,520
• T43 Francesco Laporta $23,520
• T43 Marcus Armitage $23,520
• T43 Matthis Besard $23,520
• T54 Yurav Premlall $15,235
• T54 Robert Rock $15,235
• T54 Thriston Lawrence $15,235
• T54 Daniel Brown $15,235
• T54 John Cameron $15,235
• T54 Lorenzo Scalise $15,235
• T54 Jesper Svensson $15,235
• 61 Justin Harding $14,000
• 62 Matthieu Pavon $13,500
• 63 Shubhankar Sharma $13,000
• T64 Sebastian Soderberg $12,250
• T64 Alex Fitzpatrick $12,250
• T64 Sung Kang $12,250
• T64 David Law $12,250
• T68 James Nicholas $10,250
• T68 Kiradech Aphibardrat $10,250
• T68 Adrian Otaegui $10,250
• T68 Sean Crocker $10,250