‘I feel like I have that friend back’ – Sergio Garcia and Rory McIlroy end feud at US Open following row over LIV Golf

Sergio Garcia and Rory McIlroy resolved their variations on the US Open and are actually associates once more, the 2017 Masters champion has revealed.

McIlroy had been vocal in his opposition to the breakaway LIV Golf, hitting out at gamers – together with Garcia – who had joined the organisation.

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Garcia stated: “I want this could have occurred a yr and a half in the past.

“To provide you an instance – it wasn’t due to the merger, however the US Open was an important occasion for me.

“I really feel like I performed nicely, however greater than something as a result of I gained a good friend again, a good friend that I type of felt like I misplaced within the final yr or so.

“We talked and we had an important dialog, and I really feel like I’ve that good friend again and that to me means lots.”

Garcia revealed McIlroy had a pleasant interplay along with his spouse Angela throughout the US Open, the place Garcia completed twenty seventh.

“I had been eager about [rekindling the friendship] for some time however I wasn’t completely positive,” he stated.

“However then I noticed that response from him and it type of gave me the motivation to get nearer and we had an important chat.

“I feel that on the finish of the day, the necessary factor is that we received collectively and talked; we have been two associates that needed to get again to that spot.

“Like I stated, little doubt it was the saddest a part of all of this, these friendships turning bitter.”

McIlroy and Garcia have been a part of Staff Europe on the 2021 Ryder Cup when the US secured a 19-9 win.

The 2023 Ryder Cup takes locations in Italy later this yr.