PGA Tour board member vows to kill anyone involved in 9/11

Jimmy Dunne, a member of the PGA Tour board, had one of those, “Did he really just say that?” moments this week. He issued a jaw-dropping threat towards any Saudi Arabia nationals he worked with in merging the Tour with LIV Golf earlier this week.

Dunne spoke on Golf Channel about the PGA Tour and LIV Golf working together moving forward. The controversial upstart league is backed by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund. During the interview, he threatened to “kill” anyone who had anything to do with the terrorist attacks that occurred on Sept. 11, 2001.

“Every day, the first thing that I think about is [Sept. 11],” Dunne said, per The New York Post. “Several times during the day, I think about it. And the last thing I think about at night is that.”

“That has not changed since that day. And I’m not alone in that. I would guarantee that every one of those family members has that same condition. It is just a reality of how unbelievably sad and awful that day was.

“I understand that. And I am quite certain — and I have had conversations with a lot of very knowledgeable people — that the people I’m dealing with had nothing to do with it. And if someone can find someone that unequivocally was involved with it, I’ll kill them myself. We don’t have to wait around.”

Per Sports Illustrated, Dunne worked on the 104th floor of the World Trade Center in 2001. On Sept. 11, he was out of the office while playing in a golf tournament.

The company Dunne worked for, Sandler O’Neill, lost 66 employees in the attacks.

Rory McIlroy unleashes on LIV Golf following PGA Tour merger

The PGA Tour and LIV Golf might be working together, but that doesn’t mean the two have to like each other. In fact, Rory McIlroy doubled down on his stance regarding the start-up league.

In a presser after the merger, McIlroy was asked about his feelings towards LIV Golf. The PGA Tour star — who has blasted the Saudi-backed league on multiple occasions — hasn’t changed his mindset.

McIlroy said the merger doesn’t necessarily mean that LIV and the PGA Tour will work together. Instead, he suggests the Tour, DP World Tour (Europe) and PIF (Public Investment Fund) are the topics of conversation.

“It’s not LIV. That’s the thing. I still hate LIV,” McIlroy said. “Like, I hate LIV. I hope it goes away, and I would fully expect that it does. That’s where the distinction here is. This is the PGA Tour, the DP World Tour and the PIF. Very different from LIV.”

While McIlroy is still rooting for the evaporation of the league, CEO Greg Norman says LIV Golf will stick around for awhile.

“LIV is and will continue to be a standalone enterprise,” Norman said, per Bob Harig of Sports Illustrated. “Our business model will not change. We changed history and we’re not going anywhere.”

Buckle up, golf fans. Even though there’s a merger, tensions still appear to be pretty high between the two parties.