Rory McIlroy has been at the centre of the talks between the PGA Tour and the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia (PIF) in recent years and has provided an update

Rory McIlroy has suggested that the PGA Tour could scale back the number of tournaments it stages each year in order to combat “fatigue” among golf’s fanbase.

The PGA Tour has been in talks with the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia (PIF) over ending their ongoing dispute with LIV Golf ever since a framework agreement announcement in June 2023

From the PGA Tour's standpoint, McIlroy believes less is more may be the way forward, urging the circuit's chiefs to "scale back" the tournament schedule. With nearly 50 PGA Tour-sanctioned events scheduled for 2025, the world No. 3 feels that it's simply too many to maintain viewer interest in the product.

Rory McIlroy believes the PGA Tour has a schedule problem with the product being diminished and he has called on bosses to scale back the number of tournaments per season

Rory McIlroy suggests new idea to revitalise PGA Tour with NFL-style schedule - McIlroy believes that the scarcity value of holding fewer events may prevent fatigue among fans

Rory McIlroy will make his first PGA Tour appearance of the season at this week's AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am - and the superstar has called for a big change to the schedule

Rory McIlroy will make his first PGA Tour appearance of the season this week at Pebble Beach and ahead of the event has called on the PGA Tour to scale back its schedule

LIV Golf have followed in the footsteps of the PGA Tour by typing into the golf YouTube and influencer market with their latest signing ahead of the 2025 season

Rory McIlroy makes his 2025 PGA Tour debut this week at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. This comes on the heels of his TGL debut and also his season opener on the DP World Tour, which took place a couple weeks ago.