Rory McIlroy has been grouped with Jordan Spieth and Jon Rahm for the PGA Championship.
The relationship between Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth and Jon Rahm has been questioned with the trio grouped up for the PGA Championship. All three players teed off at Aronimik Golf Club at 1.40pm as the tournament got underway.
It’s been revealed that McIlroy and Spieth didn’t train together in the build-up to the tournament, with little ‘clicks’ forming between players.
Speaking on Sky Sports, commentator Nick Dougherty said: “Interesting dynamic here, there’s never necessarily been a lot of love lost between Spieth and McIlroy. Respect but certainly not best friends out there on tour. They didn’t spend a lot of time playing practice rounds together.”
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Fellow commentator Rich Beem then said: “No, I wouldn’t think so. I think there are still little pods out here of guys that you do like to see play practice rounds. The guys from Ireland were having a nice little game of it yesterday afternoon and Spieth will be out there with some of his buddies from college that he played with and or against. Yeah, there are still smaller clicks I guess like in high school.”
Dougherty added: “And there’s the alliance as well obviously the Ryder Cup tying Jon (Rahm) with Rory, but Rory did think Jon should pay his fines and just get on with it as well, which you know, probably wasn’t how Jon felt at the time.”
Beem then responded with: “Ooo, I like it, let’s just get out the blender and start stirring it up, buddy.”
Rahm faced the possibility of not being allowed to compete for Europe in the 2027 Ryder Cup after being fined by DP World Tour for his participation in LIV Golf events. Those fines have now been paid, with them totalling around £2.21 million.
Speaking about the situation, McIlroy told the Golf Channel last week: “I think it’s good that we have it all behind us.
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“I think as a European Ryder Cup player, we all know that having Jon on the team is better than not having him on the team.
“I’m glad that they came to an agreement. It took him a little longer to get there than some of the other guys, but he got there in the end, thankfully.
“It’s good that we can put that behind us and move forward.”
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