Rory McIlroy has been known to take some sharp U-turns on his opinions over the last few years, particularly as it relates to the PGA Tour and LIV Golf. He was willing to state another position Wednesday as strong as any. He is not playing the PGA Tour Champions when he turns 50. “Absolutely not,” McIlroy said with a smile.

Pretty much everybody in the golf world — players, officials, bureaucrats, media, sponsors, fans — is done with chewing over the sport's Great Divide. Unless and until the Powers that Be get their acts together and figure out a way toward reconciliation,

American President Donald Trump hoped to solidify his new friendship with golfer Rory McIlroy by singing the Northern Irishman's praises at the White House on Wednesday