SERGIO Garcia and Rory McIlroy have reconciled and rekindled their friendship after the pair had fallen out last year following the former’s switch to the Saudi-backed LIV Golf Series, the Spaniard said.
McIlroy had said in September that his relationship with some of his former Ryder Cup teammates was damaged by their decision to join the breakaway circuit, and the latter led to biting remarks between the two in public.
However, the PGA Tour, DP World Tour, and rival LIV circuit, which had been involved in a bitter fight that split the sport, earlier in June announced an agreement to merge and form one unified commercial entity.
“I think it’s great,” Garcia said ahead of this week’s LIV event at Valderrama.
“In my personal opinion, I wish this would have happened a year and a half ago when we all started, and it would have been better for all of us. I really think so.”
The Spaniard said that it was during the recent US Open that he and the Northern Irishman resumed their friendship, which goes way back before they played together on the European Ryder Cup team.
“The US Open was a great event for me,” Garcia said.
