Rory McIlroy’s fellow PGA pros have taken note of his surprising absence this week.
McIlroy was the face of the players’ movement to have designated events and more lucrative prizes for the PGA Tour’s top names.
And now, he is missing one of the $20 million designated events — the RBC Heritage Open — that he pushed to have added to the schedule after a slew of the best players in the world defected to LIV Golf.“So, I mean, for the most part, a lot of what he wanted is what’s happening. And the irony is that he’s not here.
“He knew what the rules were. So, he knew what was coming. He also has so much money, he doesn’t care about $3 million.”McIlroy, who previously missed the Sentry Tournament of Champions in January, made the decision to skip this week’s tournamentMost of the top players, including Masters champ Jon Rahm, are in the field for the event.
“It doesn’t matter who you are, that’s a ton of money,” said Justin Thomas, who also missed the cut at the 2023 Masters. “All of us knew going into the year what the situation was and what we had to do to get extra X or Y and for him Y is a lot in this situation, finishing second .“So, it wasn’t a surprise to him or any of us it just was kind of where he ended up in the rankings and not playing this week is I guess a consequence.
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