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Rory McIlroy has an mentation for wherefore helium skipped his media sessions astatine the PGA Championship past month.
McIlroy spoke this clip to reporters astatine the RBC Canadian Open connected Wednesday, wherever helium admitted being "p---ed off" aft uncovering retired his operator was considered nonconforming and unusable aft pre-tournament testing.
McIlroy didn’t talk to reporters astatine each passim his 4 rounds astatine Quail Hollow Club, wherever helium yet finished 3-over for the tournament, which was bully for T-47th.
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Rory McIlroy reacts to his putt connected the 4th spread during the archetypal circular of the PGA Championship play tourney astatine Quail Hollow. (Jim Dedmon-Imagn Images)
"I was a small pissed disconnected due to the fact that I knew that Scottie’s operator had failed connected Monday, but my sanction was the 1 that was leaked," McIlroy said successful a property conference, via The New York Post. "It was expected to enactment confidential. Two members of the media were the ones that leaked it."
Scottie Scheffler, the victor of the PGA Championship, which marked his archetypal large triumph extracurricular his 2 greenish jackets from The Masters, besides had a nonconforming driver. However, helium fared amended with an 11-under-par finish.
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At the time, Scheffler’s sanction was kept confidential but SiriusXM PGA Tour Radio reported McIlroy’s concern during the week.
"I didn’t privation to get up determination and accidental thing that I regretted either, due to the fact that I’m trying to support Scottie. I don’t privation to notation his name. I’m trying to support TaylorMade, I’m trying to support the USGA, PGA of America, myself," McIlroy continued.
Rory McIlroy plays his changeable from the 12th tee during the 3rd circular of the Masters Tournament astatine Augusta National Golf Club. (Grace Smith-Imagn Images)
The PGA Tour does not necessitate golfers to talk to the media, dissimilar the different large sports leagues successful the country. McIlroy said that portion helium "understands the benefit" of having media sum during tournaments, "If we each wanted to, we could each bypass you guys, and we could spell connected societal media and we could speech astir our circular and bash it our ain way," helium said.
"If they privation to marque it mandatory, that’s fine. But successful our rules, it says that it’s not, and until the time that’s written into the regulations, you’re going to person guys skip from clip to time, and that’s good wrong our rights."
Rory McIlroy (Katie Goodale-Imagn Images)
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McIlroy, who completed the vocation expansive slam this twelvemonth with a triumph astatine The Masters, is looking to notch his 4th triumph this PGA Tour play astatine TPC Toronto astatine Osprey Valley this week.
If helium tin bash so, it would beryllium rather the momentum heading into Oakmont Country Club adjacent week for the 3rd large of the year: the U.S. Open.
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Scott Thompson is simply a sports writer for Fox News Digital.
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