Mcilroy To Play Events That 'best Fit' In 2026

Rory McIlroy says he will proceed to return advantage of nan "luxury" of picking his ain tourney schedule, moreover if it intends missing much signature events.

The world number 2 is down only American Scottie Scheffler successful nan FedEx Cup standings earlier this week's last PGA Tour arena of nan twelvemonth astatine East Lake Golf Club successful Atlanta which, for nan first clip since 2019, will not spot nan season-long leaders use from starting strokes.

The five-time awesome victor from Northern Ireland has been criticised this play for missing 3 signature events - he did not play nan Memorial Tournament, The Sentry aliases nan RBC Heritage - as good arsenic nan first arena of nan play-offs, nan FedEx St Jude Championship.

While nan 2025 PGA Tour play concludes this week, McIlroy still maintains DP World Tour commitments and will play successful India and Australia, arsenic good arsenic astatine nan Irish Open, earlier nan extremity of nan year.

"I'll ever look astatine nan schedule astatine nan commencement of nan twelvemonth and spot what champion fits maine and my life, and everything other that I do pinch family aliases different opportunities that I'm pursuing extracurricular of golf," he said.

"This twelvemonth that meant skipping a fewer signature events. [Next year] I mightiness skip less, I mightiness skip nan aforesaid amount.

"The luxury of being a PGA Tour subordinate is we're free to prime and take our ain schedule for nan astir part. I took advantage of that this twelvemonth and I'll proceed to return advantage of that for arsenic agelong arsenic I can."

The 2026 PGA Tour schedule was confirmed connected Tuesday and featured nan summation of a ninth signature event.

The Miami Championship will beryllium played astatine Trump National Doral connected 31 April-3 May.

That intends that successful nan abstraction of 7 weeks successful April and May location will beryllium 2 fields - nan Masters and US PGA Championship - and 3 signature events.

"I deliberation it's each positive," said McIlroy of nan schedule tweaks.

"Golf builds done nan January, February, March months, gets a immense fame spike done [the Masters at] Augusta and to effort and support that momentum going done nan adjacent fewer weeks, done nan [US] PGA, done nan US Open, I deliberation is simply a bully thing.

"It's rather a workload for nan players to play that overmuch play successful that agelong but it's not arsenic if we're having to recreation halfway astir nan world to do it."