Rory McIlroy shows true colours with gesture to LIV Golf rival Brooks Koepka

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Rory McIlroy showed his class at last year's PGA Championship, after chasing LIV Golf star Brooks Koepka through a car park to congratulate him on his fifth major victory.

 

McIlroy and Koepka have themselves on opposite sides of golf's civil war between the PGA Tour and LIV. The former unanimously pledged his loyalties to the Tour, whilst the latter became one of the biggest names to make the Saudi switch in 2022.

 

On a number of occasions, McIlroy had been hyper-critical of the rival, Saudi-funded league, and those who made the decision to join, previously claiming he would rather 'retire' than join the LIV setup.

 

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Whilst competing at last year's PGA Championship at Oak Hill though, the Northern Irishman showed there was no bad blood between himself and LIV member, Koepka, who had been crowned champion that week. Episode one of the second season of Netflix's Full Swing docu-series captured the behind-the-scenes moment McIlroy offered his congratulations to his rival, Koepka.

"Brooks! Brooks!" McIlroy is heard shouting as he runs towards Koepka in the car park. Catching his attention, the pair then embrace before the European adds: "I am really happy for you." The duo are then seeing going their separate ways before Koepka tells McIlroy: "I'll give you a shout man!"

Just moments earlier, the Northern Irishman was seen letting out his frustrations after once again missing out on the major stage. McIlroy has not won a major since his 2014 PGA Championship victory at Valhalla, and it appeared the ongoing wait was beginning to grate on his game.

 

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