Fox News Flash top sports headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. LIV Golf has done more than just disrupt the status quo of golf – it also seems to have created a wedge between old friends.
Twenty-three-time PGA Tour winner Rory McIlroy was blunt at a press conference during the Hero Dubai Desert Classic last month when asked if he felt the need to repair his relationship with former Ryder Cup teammate Sergio Garcia amid the possibility that the Spaniard could still make the team in 2023.
Sergio Garcia, right, and Rory McIlroy celebrate victory during the morning fourball matches of the 2018 Ryder Cup at Le Golf National on Sept.
29, 2018 in Paris. (Ross Kinnaird/Getty Images) "No," he responded sharply. RORY MCILROY DEFENDS PATRICK REED SNUB, SAYS THERE’S NO NEED TO ‘ACKNOWLEDGE HIM’ AFTER CHRISTMAS EVE SUBPOENA McIlroy has not shied away from making public remarks about PGA Tour defectors, saying in October that "it is the first time in my life that I have felt betrayal." The feeling is mutual with Garcia saying this week that the blame for his fractured relationship with McIlroy falls on him.