RORY'S FEAR OVER GOLF FUTURE

GOLF Rory Mcllroy doubts the fracture in golf will be repaired as the "irrational' spending of the LIV series has created such a gulf in the sport.

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There had been hopes the acrimonious split which occurred when the Saudi breakaway league lured away many of the top stars with huge contracts in 2021 could be healed when a merger was proposed.

But over two and a half years after that was mooted, the two parties appear to be no closer to a resolution.

"You see some of these other sports that have been fractured for so long," Mcllroy told CNBC's CEO Council Forum.