Rory McIlroy is happy to admit he got it wrong—and he's not shy about saying so.

Last year, the four-time major champion confidently predicted that a deal between the PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF), the financial powerhouse behind LIV Golf, "should and will be done." But after news broke that PIF is pulling its support of LIV at the end of this season, McIlroy's tune has changed dramatically.

"I think it was always a possibility to happen," McIlroy said Tuesday. "Look, I think everyone knows with everything that's happening in the Middle East, that had a lot to do with it. Whenever you have funding tied so much to the geopolitical landscape, that's a tricky road to navigate. Their priorities shifted, and that leaves LIV in a pretty precarious spot."

The world No. 3 revealed he'd heard whispers of PIF's decision as far back as March. "I feel like a lot of us in this room, including me, we almost knew before the players did that this was going to happen," he admitted.

McIlroy shared a telling anecdote about reaching out to friend Ricky McCormick, who caddies for LIV player Tom McKibbin, just before LIV's Mexico City event in mid-April. "He was like, 'No, everything seems okay over here,'" McIlroy recalled. "It just feels like the rug was pulled from under their feet and everyone was sort of blindsided by it. But again, that's the risk those guys chose to take. There's a lot of uncertainty in the air right now."

As LIV Golf's new CEO Scott O'Neil scrambles to secure partners and sponsors to keep the league afloat, McIlroy is keeping his predictions close to the vest this time. "I'm not privy to the deals they have," he said. "From what I read, they've got some sponsorship revenue for I don't know how long. If they somehow get a schedule together, good for them. But right now, it's a wait-and-see game."