{"id":666331,"date":"2026-05-13T09:05:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T09:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/666331\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T09:05:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T09:05:10","slug":"rory-mcilroy-cuts-pga-championship-practice-short-due-to-toe-blister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/666331\/","title":{"rendered":"Rory McIlroy cuts PGA Championship practice short due to toe blister"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rory McIlroy continues to deal with a troublesome right pinky toe ahead of the PGA Championship.<\/p>\n

McIlroy revealed he\u2019s dealing with a blister under the toenail during last week\u2019s Truist Championship at Quail Hollow, where he tied for 19th, and on Tuesday, he labored through just three full holes of his practice round at Aronimink before walking in from the fourth tee box.<\/p>\n

Golf Channel\u2019s Kira K. Dixon caught up with McIlroy afterward near the clubhouse, where he had his shoe off, examining his toe, while members of his team were arriving with several boxes of shoes. McIlroy told Dixon that he soaked his foot on Monday night and ripped the nail completely off to better treat the blister.<\/p>\n

Yet, it was still bothering him during his practice, as he removed his right shoe multiple times on the third and fourth holes. ESPN\u2019s Paolo Uggetti reported that at one point McIlroy tried on the shoe of another person on the fourth tee while explaining he \u201cwasn\u2019t bothered by it while just standing.\u201d<\/p>\n

If McIlroy\u2019s prep continues to be limited this week, at least McIlroy made an early scouting trip to Aronimink<\/a> two weeks ago during the Cadillac Championship, which he skipped.<\/p>\n

McIlroy\u2019s foot issue comes two years after Jon Rahm was forced to withdraw ahead of the U.S. Open at Pinehurst due to a cut between his left pinky and fourth toes.<\/p>\n

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The first round of the 108th PGA Championship begins May 14 at Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania. 156 players will tee off on Thursday in the second major of the season so far.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rory McIlroy continues to deal with a troublesome right pinky toe ahead of the PGA Championship. McIlroy revealed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":666332,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[49,48,622,82],"class_list":["post-666331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=666331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/666332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=666331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=666331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=666331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}