The Open returns amid divisive squabbling

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Favourite Rory McIlroy calls for a truce between PGA and DP Tours and the rebel LIV Invitational Series

Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy. Picture: Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports/File Photo

But golf’s past and future will collide on this picturesque stretch of Scottish coastline with PGA and DP Tour loyalists and LIV Series rebels expressing very different views over the sport’s direction. LIV CEO and former golf great Greg Norman has trumpeted the series as an exciting new era for golf while critics say it is blatant “sportswashing” by a nation trying to improve its reputation in light of human rights concerns.

The four-time Major winner remains opposed to the LIV Series but struck a more conciliatory tone in the run-up to the Open. If any golfer is capable of steering the conversation away from the bickering it is Woods and even that may be beyond his command of the spotlight.

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