Rory McIlroy has been known to take some sharp U-turns on his opinions over the last few years, particularly as it relates to the PGA Tour and LIV Golf. He was willing to state another position Wednesday as strong as any.

Villegas, J.J. Spaun and Lucas Glover all shot 6-under 66 to share the Day 1 lead at The Players Championship.

Pretty much everybody in the golf world — players, officials, bureaucrats, media, sponsors, fans — is done with chewing over the sport's Great Divide. Unless and until the Powers that Be get their acts together and figure out a way toward reconciliation,