One yr after taking part in considerably extra golf than previously, Rory McIlroy says he’ll reduce his schedule considerably in 2025.
Talking to James Corrigan of The Telegraph, McIlroy revealed that he hopes to play in 18 or 19 occasions in 2025. Subsequent week’s DP World Tour Championship, through which McIlroy is all however assured to win a sixth Order of Benefit, will mark his twenty seventh event on both the DP World Tour or PGA Tour this season.
“There’s just a few tournaments that I performed this yr that I don’t often play and that I won’t play subsequent yr,” McIlroy mentioned to The Telegraph.
“I performed the Cognizant [Classic] in Palm Seaside Gardens, [the Valero Texas Open in] San Antonio, and the [RBC Heritage in] Hilton Head. And I’ll in all probability not play the primary playoff occasion in Memphis. I imply, I completed principally useless final there this yr and solely moved down one spot within the playoff standings.”
McIlroy started his 2024 season within the Center East, shedding to Tommy Fleetwood on the Dubai Invitational. He then bounced again with a victory on the Hero Dubai Desert Basic, a event he’ll play once more in January 2025.
After his victory in Dubai, McIlroy started his PGA Tour schedule at Pebble Seaside after which performed in 5 extra occasions earlier than The Masters. As a part of his prep for Augusta Nationwide, McIlroy needed to play extra, not much less. However sadly for the Northern Irishman, that didn’t translate into profitable the Inexperienced Jacket, one thing he has been chasing his complete profession. A win at Augusta would give McIlroy the profession grand slam.
However, he won’t play as a lot on the PGA Tour subsequent season, hoping to reach on the 4 majors feeling refreshed and able to go. He’ll seemingly make his PGA Tour season debut at Pebble Seaside once more, after which play on the Genesis Invitational at Riveria. His subsequent occasion will seemingly come on the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Orlando, not the Cognizant Basic. Then, McIlroy will play The Gamers, seemingly his final occasion earlier than The Masters in April.
What follows after April stays to be seen, nevertheless it feels like he won’t play within the FedEx St. Jude Championship, both. But, these developments ought to be no main shock. McIlroy, as a member of the Transactional Committee, is working to assist negotiate a concrete settlement with the PGA Tour and the Saudi Public Funding Fund (PIF). He additionally had a whirlwind of a 2024 season, which noticed a U.S. Open heartbreak and unlucky off-the-course developments in his household life. Taking part in 27 occasions clearly takes a toll, too, so be ready to see much less of McIlroy, no more of him, in 2025.
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