McIlroy’s decision wasn’t totally unexpected. “You know, when I’m at home I would be playing golf anyway, so I might as well play it against some of the best players in the world.” “Why would I turn down any of the nine events where we’re playing for $20 million against the best players in the world?” he said. Will Zalatoris, who was in the room in Delaware and is a member of the Tour’s Player Advisory Council, said only a health-related issue would keep him out of an elevated event. Sure, it’s a Ryder Cup year and he’ll have to balance playing a few additional DP World Tour events such as a planned appearance in Dubai at the end of the month, but there’s no good excuse. The optics aren’t good, especially when McIlroy has enjoyed plenty of down time off of late – his last appearance was at the DP World Tour Championship, which ended Nov. Given McIlroy’s outspoken role, is it too much to expect him to have played in all of the elevated events in 2023? What a punch in the gut to this new tiered system before it even gets off the ground. In one breath, you could argue that McIlroy’s decision to bypass the TOC proves that the Tour’s elite are still independent contractors unlike LIV players who are contractually bound to play all 14 of its events.īut when you’re the vocal leader who made it his mission to combat Greg Norman and the rise of LIV Golf, you really need to be at the first one to support this new effort.
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It should be pointed out that players are allowed to skip one of the elevated events and still be eligible for the full amount of their Player Impact Program bonus money. It can’t be happy that it doesn’t have a three-time winner and the reigning FedEx Cup champion in the field. Title sponsor Sentry upped the ante, extending its deals through 2035 and raising the purse from $8.2 million to $15 million beginning this year. But McIlroy, who is a member of the PGA Tour’s Policy Board and along with Tiger Woods rallied the top players to commit to playing in 13 elevated events with jacked-up purses, should be in the winner’s event (which now includes some non-winners who finished in the top 30 of the FedEx Cup standings). The T of C already is missing its defending champion as Cameron Smith is persona non grata having departed for richer pastures with LIV Golf. Somewhere in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan is asking himself, “Is this for real?”
It would be like William Wallace rallying all the Scottish warriors in the First War of Scottish Independence against King Edward I of England in the 13th century, but not showing up for the fight.Įvery other player eligible for the 39-man field did his part and showed up and will be rewarded handsomely with a chance to claim the $2.7 million winner’s check, nearly double last year’s first prize. 1 would understand that his participation is mandatory. The field still is stout with 17 of the top 20 in the world, but the idea of the best players committing to play more often against each other is very much McIlroy’s baby, and so you’d think the World No. (An email to his manager went unanswered.)
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How does the person who led the movement for the best golfers on the PGA Tour to play against each other in a series of elevated events skip the inaugural one? McIlroy opted out of this week’s Sentry Tournament of Champions at Kapalua Resort’s Plantation Course and issued no explanation.
KAPALUA, Hawaii – Rory McIlroy is starting the year with a bogey.
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