Rory McIlroy says he was “glad to see” Dustin Johnson and Bryson DeChambeau committing themselves to the PGA Tour.
The two Americans join fellow major winners McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Collin Morikawa, and Justin Thomas in saying they are not interested in joining the Saudi-backed Super League.
“We all want to play against the best players in the world and they're certainly two of the best players in the world and it's nice to know that they're committed to playing here and committed to making this the best tour in the world,” McIlroy told BBC Sport.
The four-time major winner believes he understands exactly how the organisers operate in their attempts to lure the stars away from the PGA Tour.
“It's all been smoke and mirrors and they've created rumours and spread rumours and tried to play one guy off another,” he added.
“They said one thing to one manager and said a different thing to another manager and just sort of created this chaos and confusion around that group, and everyone's questioning everyone else's motives so they're just kind of playing everyone off one another.
“I think it's nice now that we all can sit down and say, look, we're all on the same page here.”
Now a breakaway Super League seems a much more distant prospect. McIlroy is confident that the PGA Tour and the organisers are moving in the right direction. He also reiterated his stance that it is the “best place” to play golf for an elite professional golfer.
“Are there things the Tour could do better and they're working on, of course, but that's the same in any business, in any sports league around the world. They're all trying to get better just as the PGA Tour are.”
The Northern Irishman this week on the PGA Tour finished tied tenth at Genesis Open nine shots off winner Joaquín Niemann.
“I shot four rounds under par. I had a nice 67-68 weekend. My game's close, it's close. I certainly didn't do enough to shoot 21 under par this week and keep up with Joaco, but I'm happy with my week,” he continued.
“I always sort of thought Riv [Riviera Golf Course] is a place where you shoot four 68s and you're going to be in with a good chance.
“I've never seen the greens this good at Riv and I've never holed as many putts here as I have this week.
“Guys seem to be holing a lot more putts just because they're not soft, there's not heel prints, there's none of that and they're rolling true.”
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