{"id":1245695,"date":"2023-06-28T14:44:49","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T14:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/i-gained-a-friend-back-sergio-garcia-says-his-feud-with-rory-mcilroy-is-over\/"},"modified":"2023-11-29T18:46:35","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T18:46:35","slug":"i-gained-a-friend-back-sergio-garcia-says-his-feud-with-rory-mcilroy-is-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/i-gained-a-friend-back-sergio-garcia-says-his-feud-with-rory-mcilroy-is-over\/","title":{"rendered":"I gained a friend back \u2013 Sergio Garcia says his feud with Rory McIlroy is over"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rory McIlroy and Sergio Garcia have ended their feud in the wake of the proposed peace deal between golf\u2019s rival factions.<\/p>\n

The former Ryder Cup team-mates fell out following Garcia\u2019s move to LIV Golf, with McIlroy emerging as the most vocal opponent to the Saudi-funded breakaway.<\/p>\n

But even though McIlroy admitted earlier this month that he still \u201chates\u201d LIV Golf, he and Garcia rekindled their friendship at the US Open in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

Asked in a press conference ahead of LIV\u2019s event in Valderrama this week if the deal was good news, Garcia said: \u201cI think so. I think it\u2019s great.<\/p>\n

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McIlroy (left) has been one of the most vocal opponents to LIV Golf (Adam Davy\/PA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\u201cI think in my personal opinion I wish this would have happened a year and a half ago when we all started, and it would have been better for all of us. I really think so.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo give you an example \u2013 it wasn\u2019t because of the merger, but the US Open was a great event for me.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like I played well, but more than anything because I gained a friend back, a friend that I kind of felt like I lost in the last year or so. We talked and we had a great conversation, and I feel like I have that friend back and that to me means a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n

Speaking to reporters after the press conference, Garcia revealed that a friendly interaction at the US Open between his wife Angela and McIlroy had been the catalyst.<\/p>\n

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