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Rory McIlroy reveals mindset after shocking pro golf merger: 'PGA Tour has controls over everything'

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Fox News Flash top sports headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Since its inception, Rory McIlroy has condemned the Saudi-backed LIV Golf tour.

Now that the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) has merged with the PGA Tour and DP World Tour, he's trying to look on the bright side of the surprise merger.

McIlroy spoke to reporters ahead of the RBC Canadian Open on Wednesday for the first time since the merger was announced on Tuesday morning.

He said that Jimmy Dunne, the Independent Director of the PGA Tour's board, ran down the deal with him at 6:30 a.m. on Tuesday morning, so he was just as surprised as the rest of us when the news broke.

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