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.

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,

Golf star Rory McIlroy said Wednesday that a potential merger between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf "doesn't feel" any closer despite high-level talks between the two sides, which have also involved U.S.