Rory McIlroy has spoken out on Tiger Woods and PGA Tour officers reported assembly with LIV Golf’s Saudi Arabian backers in New York a day earlier than the anniversary of the September 11 assaults.
The world’s two largest golf corporations have been in talks a few merger for over a yr, with the assembly going down so as to probably lastly come to phrases with each other.
A X flight monitoring account radaratlas2 found that personal jets owned by Woods, Saudi oil and fuel agency Aramco and the PGA Tour all landed in New York on Monday.
In response, 9/11 Justice president Brett Eagleson launched a damning assertion criticizing Woods for taking the assembly only a day earlier than the anniversary of the assaults, calling it ‘disgusting and unacceptable.’
Whereas McIlroy didn’t slam Woods to the identical diploma, the Northern Irishman additionally didn’t stand by his fellow golfer’s facet. Reviews surfaced months again about how the connection between the 2 had soured.
McIlroy has spoken out after it was reported individuals from the PGA and LIV Excursions met this week
Woods was a part of the reported conferences earlier than the anniversary of the September 11 assaults
‘It is actually peculiar timing,’ McIlroy mentioned of the reported September 10 talks. ‘I do not know a lot in regards to the talks which can be occurring. I do know that there’s however that is not one thing that I am part of.’
‘I believe we’re all within the sport of golf attempting to search for an answer to all this and attempt to transfer ahead. So we’ll see, yeah. I do know as a lot as you do at this level, and I am positive information will begin to trickle out right here within the subsequent few days.’
Fifteen of the 19 September 11 attackers had been Saudis however the Saudi authorities has all the time denied being concerned within the assaults.
Eagleson, who on the age of 15 misplaced his father within the South Tower, wrote: ‘Tomorrow, we commemorate the twenty third anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy, but right here we’re in the present day, in New York Metropolis, down the road from Floor Zero, and the PGA Tour and Tiger Woods are negotiating with them.
‘As has been confirmed in the previous few weeks by CBS Information reporting, the Saudi Arabian authorities performed a task within the horrific assaults of 9/11.
‘It’s disgusting, unacceptable, and extremely painful that the Tour and Woods would do that—particularly now.’
9/11 Justice have lengthy accused Saudi Arabia of aiding the terrorists who carried out the assaults and have been frequent critics of LIV Golf.
In 2022, they condemned former President Donald Trump for internet hosting the Saudi-backed tour at his New Jersey course, telling him they felt ‘excessive ache, frustration and anger’ on account of his choice to host a match.
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