{"id":294274,"date":"2023-11-17T09:24:14","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T09:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=294274"},"modified":"2023-11-17T09:24:14","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T09:24:14","slug":"rory-mcilroy-reveals-why-he-resigned-from-the-pga-tours-policy-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/golf\/rory-mcilroy-reveals-why-he-resigned-from-the-pga-tours-policy-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Rory McIlroy reveals why he resigned from the PGA Tour&apos;s policy board"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Rory McIlroy reveals the reason why he resigned from the PGA Tour&#8217;s policy board and quit the frontline of golf&#8217;s non-stop political battles\u00a0<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Rory McIlroy has revealed the reason he resigned from PGA Tour policy board\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The world No 2 said he did not have the energy required to do the role justice\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Rory McIlroy says his shock decision to withdraw from the frontline of golf\u2019s political battles was shaped by a desire to be at full strength for The Masters next year.<\/p>\n<p>The world No 2 missed the cut at Augusta in April and has frequently referenced the difficulties of juggling his golf with the burdens of co-ordinating the PGA Tour\u2019s response to the threat posed by the LIV circuit.<\/p>\n<p>His resignation from the PGA Tour\u2019s policy board on Tuesday came as a curveball and gave rise to driving range speculation that McIlroy might be unhappy with the direction of travel in the current merger negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>He dismissed that suggestion at the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai\u00a0on Thursday. Speaking after an opening-round 71 left him four off the lead, McIlroy said: \u2018There are only so many hours in a day and only so many days in a week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;With the policy board stuff, it\u2019s taking more of my time than ever this year and I just felt something had to give. That was the one.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/17\/08\/77920351-12761155-image-a-11_1700209347205.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Rory McIlroy has revealed he stepped down from the PGA Tour policy board to focus on The Masters next year<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I just feel like there\u2019s people who are in there who are able to spend more time on it and put more energy into it than I am right now. It\u2019s better off if someone is able to take that spot of mine and is able to give the board the energy and time it deserves.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I&#8217;m thinking as we go into next year I want to get ramped up for Augusta and all those tournaments you know. If I feel like I&#8217;m prepared going into those (board) meetings, then it&#8217;s better off if someone else takes my place.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>In his first round since the Ryder Cup, McIlroy\u2019s one-under loop at the Earth Course featured a charge to three under through 10 holes, before he rode his luck coming in.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That included landing one errant drive on the lap of a female spectator in bogeying the 13th and a hooked approach on 18, where he hit a rock in the creek before his ball bounced back up on to a bridge.<\/p>\n<p>Nicolai Hojgaard, Matthieu Pavon and Julien Guerrier share the lead on five under.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/17\/08\/77815937-12761155-It_comes_just_hours_after_McIlroy_cited_his_frustrations_with_th-a-2_1700209192887.jpg\" height=\"440\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>McIlroy cited his frustrations with the role after answering a question from Mail Sport in Dubai<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/golf\/article-12761155\/Rory-McIlroy-reveals-resigned-PGA-Tours-policy-board-focus-Masters-year-claims-taking-time-world-No-2-said-role-not-signed-for.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rory McIlroy reveals the reason why he resigned from the PGA Tour&#8217;s policy board and quit the frontline of golf&#8217;s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294273,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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