PIF’s ‘Right Way’ Blueprint Is Suddenly Being Held Up as Golf’s Missed Opportunity

PIF’s ‘Right Way’ Blueprint Is Suddenly Being Held Up as Golf’s Missed Opportunity

On the Stick to Football podcast, Rory McIlroy offered an unexpected compliment to PIF’s Newcastle stewardship — then used it to explain exactly where golf went wrong. The five-time major champion sat across from Gary Neville, Jamie Carragher, and Roy Keane on January 2, 2026, and delivered a verdict that should sting everyone involved in golf’s ongoing civil war. The same sovereign wealth fund that fractured his sport? McIlroy praised them. But…