Sergio Garcia and Rory McIlroy resolved their differences at the US Open and are now friends again, the 2017 Masters champion has revealed.
McIlroy had been vocal in his opposition to the breakaway LIV Golf, hitting out at players – including Garcia – who had joined the organisation.
Ad Earlier this month, the PGA Tour and DP World Tour agreed a shock merger with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, which is behind LIV Golf.
U.S. OpenMcIlroy ‘would go through 100 Sundays like this’ to scoop another major19/06/2023 AT 11:34 Garcia said: «I wish this would have happened a year and a half ago. »To give you an example — it wasn't because of the merger, but the US Open was a great event for me. “I feel like I played well, but more than anything because I gained a friend back, a friend that I kind of felt like I lost in the last year or so. “We talked and we had a great conversation, and I feel like I have that friend back and that to me means a lot.” Garcia revealed McIlroy had a friendly interaction with his wife Angela during the US Open, where Garcia finished 27th.