Rory McIlroy skips PGA Tour event again after | Golf News

Rory McIlroy has skipped the RBC Heritage two years after paying a hefty positive for withdrawing from the event. The Masters champion is taking some deserved time off following his Augusta heroics.

McIlroy won’t play on the RBC Heritage however, not like in 2023, he won’t be punished for doing so. Back then, the PGA Tour fined gamers in the event that they missed two signature occasions during a single season.

Having missed the cut on the Masters the week earlier than, McIlroy determined to just accept a mammoth $2.9 million positive because it was the second signature event he had missed. That rule is no longer in place. It comes after Scottie Scheffler slammed one other main PGA Tour rule change. 

“I had my reasons to not play Hilton Head and I’ve expressed those to Jay [Monahan],” McIlroy said at the time of his fine. “It was an easy decision, but I felt like if that fine or whatever is to happen was worth that for me in order to get some things in place.”

McIlroy has decided to skip the RBC Heritage for much happier reasons this year. He returned to Northern Ireland to celebrate completing the Career Slam with his family.

The 35-year-old finally banished his Augusta National demons by winning the Masters, defeating Justin Rose in a play-off.

McIlroy had already suggested he would skip the RBC Heritage event this year. It is part of a plan to reduce the number of tournaments he plays.

“There’s a few tournaments that I played this year that I don’t usually play and that I might not play next year,” McIlroy instructed the Daily Telegraph final November.

“I played the Cognizant [Classic] in Palm Beach Gardens, [the Texas Open in] San Antonio and the [RBC Heritage in] Hilton Head.

“And I’ll probably not play the first play-off event in Memphis. I mean, I finished basically dead last there this year, and only moved down one spot in the play-off standings.

“Well, at this point in my career… Hey, I’m 35 and have been out here for 17, 18 years, so I’m just going to go to the places that I enjoy and where I play well. Look I’ve done the hard slog, I’ve done that sort of 25 to 30 events a year. And I’m not getting any younger.”