5-time main winner and PGA Tour participant Rory McIlroy final month criticised LIV Golf’s “irrational spending” on enormous participant contracts saying that it makes a merger very troublesome, and that LIV must hold spending to keep up its place.
O’Neil doesn’t wish to be drawn right into a confrontation with LIV’s most outspoken critic.
“Rory has had a unprecedented profession and is a unprecedented participant,” stated O’Neil.
“I’ve met him a few occasions, however I do not know him so do not actually wish to remark. All I’ll say is I’m working on daily basis to create the best sports activities league on this planet.
“We now have gamers who’re dedicated and our gamers decide to a special degree of journey.”
When pushed on whether or not there can be additional important spending on participant contracts O’Neil stated: “I solely have an 11-month view. I wasn’t right here once they needed to do what they needed to do to set LIV up, I wasn’t right here when a number of the insanity within the ecosystem was occurring.
“I solely know from the primary day of January after I confirmed up, I’ve employed a enterprise group that I might argue is second to none when it comes to industrial acumen. So I like what we do and the way we do it.
“I really feel like there is a good alternative to have loads of progress in markets like Australia, Korea, the UK, North America, South Africa, Mexico, Japan, China, Hong Kong, Singapore. I do know I’m out there. There are golf followers in every single place.”
