PGA Tour famous person Rory McIlroy was one of many skilled golfers who had an opportunity to change into an investor within the English soccer membership, Leeds United. However he handed on the chance, in keeping with BBC.
Fellow main champions Justin Thomas and Jordan Spieth lately revealed their possession stake within the former EPL membership.
“They requested me if I wished to come back on board, and I used to be like, as a Man United fan, can’t go wherever close to that,” McIlroy mentioned.
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Photograph by John Peters/Manchester United by way of Getty Photographs
He shared his curiosity to put money into Manchester United, if the chance introduced itself. The Glazer household, who purchased the 34-year-old’s favourite membership in 2005 for $957 million, introduced they have been contemplating promoting in November 2022.
“To have the ability to personal even a tiny, tiny, tiny proportion of the membership you grew up cheering on could be very cool,” McIlroy mentioned.
Thomas and Spieth jumped on the chance to personal a part of Leeds United, however shut good friend Rickie Fowler additionally took a cross.
McIlroy lately invested in Method 1 as a backer for the F1 Staff Alpine as a backer.
“Sports activities stars have gotten extra savvy and attempting to make use of their cash in the fitting approach,” he mentioned. “It’s all the time been one thing I adopted. I feel with the recognition of F1, how a lot it’s booming within the US particularly – and I’ve invested in just a few issues – however this has received extra of a narrative and a journey.”
“It’s no shock they went to market and received some traders in, however I feel it stabilizes the workforce and offers them some confidence going ahead.”
McIlroy can be on the forefront of the PIF and PGA Tour deal, the place he sits on the PGA Tour Coverage Board. He has been the poster youngster of the PGA Tour, defending them and taking a number of warmth from LIV Golf supporters.
Skilled golf is the newest department of sports activities that the Saudis need to put money into, together with the game the four-time main winner simply backed.
“F1 as a complete, they do it so nicely. Golf might study fairly a bit from F1 by way of a number of the set-up stuff and the way they do issues,” McIlroy mentioned.
Not like the PGA Tour, Method 1 rejected the Saudi provide to purchase world motorsports earlier this yr.
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