Few people are able to keep up with a fully-confident Rory McIlroy, as one top player found out the hard way at the 2011 US Open.

Rory McIlroy sounded rather gloom when the conversation surrounding a deal between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf arose.

Rory McIlroy believes a deal between the PGA Tour and Saudi-backed LIV Golf "doesn't feel any closer" despite recent high-level meetings at the White House. The Northern Irishman made the comments on Wednesday ahead of the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Orlando,

Despite PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan claiming that 'positive' talks have taken place with LIV Golf, Rory McIlroy claimed that it wasn't close and said golf didn't need a deal

Something clearly has changed. Whatever promising developments were achieved in a Feb. 4 meeting at the White House between the PGA Tour and the LIV Golf League apparently have evaporated after a follow-up meeting with President Donald Trump on Feb.

Rory McIlroy is not one to hide his opinion when it comes to the PGA Tour and PIF negotiations. A staunch opponent of reunification at one point, McIlroy has recently come around on LIV Golf players eventually making their way back to the PGA Tour.

Golf star Rory McIlroy said Wednesday that a potential merger between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf "doesn't feel" any closer despite high-level talks between the two sides, which have also involved U.S.