Augusta Georgia April 12th Rory mroy of Northern Ireland looks on from the fifth T during the second round of the 2020 for Masters tournament at Augusta National Golf Club on April 12 2024 in Augusta Georgia photo by Andrew Readington or Getty Images while the eyes of the golfing world were trained on the Masters this weekend in the shadows a rumor that won't go away was growing louder that Rory mroy is close to joining live golf the move would Mark a stunning U-turn from one of the most vocal critics of Liv Golf and represent a remarkable coup for the organizers of the Saudi back Challenger circuit two separate sources have told cym that they believe a deal is close it is claimed that live golf Chiefs have offered world no to mroy and I watering $850 million to join plus around 2% equity in the competition it would make him live golf's biggest signings so far and it could be announced after the Masters they said it has not been possible to verify the claims spokes people for the northern Irish player and live golf did not respond to requests for comment it is also not clear where he would fit into the current league format if joining mid-season all 13 teams have been filled so he would likely have to take one of the two wild card spots available and meloy is currently listed as competing in next week's PGA Tour event the RBC Heritage but melroy's hostility to live golf has softened dramatically in recent months having been one of its fiercest opponents and the poster boy for PGA Tour loyalist when the $2 billion project first emerged in 2022 the four-time major Winner's onetime agent Andrew chubby Chandler talked up the chances of mroy moving to live golf earlier this year suggesting that his marked change in Attitude might reflect a new openness to leaving the PGA Tour if you were being cynical you might say he's going to sign for about £750 million in a month's time with Liv because he's Paving the way that lives okay now whereas it wasn't Chandler told bunard in February he doesn't need 750 million pounds but it's odd what he's done and I'm sure it's a possibility if he does it or not I don't know but if John Ram can do it most guys can do it maoy was koi when asked to respond to Chandler's comments a few days later you never know he might know a few things who knows he said ahead of the cognizant classic asked whether there was a good chance or 10% he replied somewhere in the middle maybe who knows eyebrows were raised on Thursday at the Masters when mroy had a surprising spectator following his group Around Augusta National Liv golf CEO Greg Norman asked after the opening round whether he had known Norman was in close proximity he said I did not didn't see him