Sergio Garcia and LIV golfers can heed Rory McIlroy’s 3-word truth

News By: Sean Zak October 10, 2026 Sergio Garcia looks on during this week’s Spanish Open. Getty Images More than three years ago, while the PGA Tour contorted itself to deal with the existence of LIV Golf, a simple theory emerged. The messenger was Rory McIlroy. The Designated/Elevated/Signature Events were novel and their field construction was becoming clear. Players who didn’t quite feel like they were in the upper echelon of the PGA Tour were concerned there may not be a spot waiting for them. (Sound familiar?) McIlroy was in his (roughly) 12th month as the Tour’s undisputed Speaker of…