LIV Golf announced it has signed Northern Ireland’s Tom McKibbin. McKibbin, 22, has been linked to the Saudi-backed league for months, and did not comment on the speculation when pressed earlier this month at the DP World Tour’s Team Cup.

McIlroy recognizes that golf's issues might run a bit deeper than simply giving fans more face time with the game's top players though. With the emergence of LIV Golf, plus a jam-packed PGA Tour schedule, the Northern Irishman believes fans could be burnt out from simply consuming too much.

Rory McIlroy has three achievements to tick off his bucket list before the end of his career as he revealed his ‘main focus’ for the new season. McIlroy won four times across the PGA Tour and DP World Tour last year but endured another frustrating season when it came to the majors.

McIlroy has won four Majors, been World No.1 and broken any number of records by a European, but there remain three targets he desperately wants to hit