Breakaway golf tour
about 3 years in The Irish Times
A chara, – Kevin McLoughlin (Letters, May 7th) is right to laud Rory McIlroy for rejecting the Saudi Arabia-backed Premier Golf League.
He would be naive, however, to believe that this was done for purely altruistic reasons. Having last year concluded a new nine-year TV deal worth $7 billion, Jay Monahan, the PGA Tour commissioner, was able to offer a $40 million “incentive” to the top players to ensure their loyalty to the PGA tour.
Top-level sport is big business and everything comes with a price-tag attached.– Is mise,
JOHN KELLY
Bennekerry,
Co Carlow.
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