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Rory McIlroy Calls For European Designated PGA Tour Events

Rory McIlroy Calls For European Designated PGA Tour Events

Rory McIlroy currently holds the FedEx Cup and Race to Dubai titles on the PGA and DP World Tour circuits, and now, at Bay Hill and the Arnold Palmer Invitational, the Northern Irishman has given his thoughts on how the future layout of the schedules could coincide for a ‘world tour’.

Speaking on Friday, McIlroy was vocal about the future designated tournaments, which see reduced fields of between 70 to 80 players with no cut, with the four-time Major winner stating that “I think Europe needs to get into the mix.” 

Jay Monahan and Rory Mcilroy chat whilst Rory holds the FedEx Cup

PGA Tour Commissioner, Jay Monahan, and McIlroy chat at the 2022 Tour Championship

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He went on to add: “I think everyone knows this (PGA Tour) is the place that you want to play golf, right. It is what it is, I think this — people complain about these 10 cards going to the European Tour players that get on this Tour. But, like if I’m a European Tour player, like that’s brilliant. Instead of trying to think about what’s good for the Tour, think about what’s good for the players that are on that Tour. I think that’s where people need to sort of reframe their mind a little bit.

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