{"id":352469,"date":"2026-03-18T11:22:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T11:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/352469\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T11:22:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T11:22:06","slug":"the-players-why-rory-mcilroys-poor-title-defence-leaves-questions-over-pga-tour-form-and-schedule-ahead-of-the-masters-sky-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/352469\/","title":{"rendered":"The Players: Why Rory McIlroy&#039;s poor title defence leaves questions over PGA Tour form and schedule ahead of The Masters &#8211; Sky Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi_gFBVV95cUxPOVpPWTNSYUptenpyWVRIdzdmT20xaUxkT1FVYUpERFhfQTZJWXFXUlFiUHp5ejZJTVFEWWdxOWhiNFNBZFBVMzBWeHNTUGhqRnJNaUFhN05kbzJPNWJtallnY25VMzZQZ3c5THVhUWR6VkpRaExzNWU4YW12T3F6UUx0U0hTM3VSN3hKa2ZVbmN6OGh3dHYtbXAzOVVRY042WXlPS0d3SjMwSTNsRlI3RW1UOWI1WUFLeGxQdWZuYm5ubmxXcjNyRERidkxTNkJOZWVHZ0gtZlFPak9WZFNzX1o0T0dhcy1mZm1nOC1SLXlpX0IzRWtsWlFkSHJVdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Players: Why Rory McIlroy&#8217;s poor title defence leaves questions over PGA Tour form and schedule ahead of The Masters<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Sky Sports<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiogFBVV95cUxOOUJKSjhKa3pBbU9ReTNmM3ZoZWRjdk0xUS1FWFk0TS11OVBscXhpcEFvY2hsTGR3dWpTMzRlX3cwWFktSTFJWk5FN2hFZXBFT2NCWDhRS25vdGd3VkRHMW9PNWRLMktuZnVHMDlZNTJ0VG1KMExYX1lRTnM0RHY3TjVnYmNOeWJrN2RmYi14cml2dkhRcHdDbTc1azdTdnVwVVE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rory McIlroy will see how \u2018body feels\u2019 and assess schedule before Masters<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi7gFBVV95cUxPRWVVVmNXbEZDYWk2djlnOG8xdnFhS2RDV0FncGIyYWV4dHA0Nkh3S0UtV212RXJxWWMyNEQzb1VFTWxVVldScDE3ZUpXNWRRNjBOZE1UcWNjUU5XYUlMOXlHSzVSWkR5WTJtbXNuN0l5QWM1MEsyNGdHcnVuRUtTOXpwY3IzRjNfSGVHbHpaZGxlSU5veTlKQ2M0MlhLbFYxbVZLblNZbW92djlOaXl6dmhnMkE4aHRyQkppNnA1VmdHUTBiQ0dwalAxTnM1VUc3NVZ6Mkc2TGpZY3h1NUFPVjJIXzBxcDhJaV94VXlB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018If I get itchy feet at home, maybe I\u2019ll add an event\u2019 \u2013 Rory McIlroy weighing up plans ahead of the Masters<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqAFBVV95cUxNQ2tSUG41eWVDaVFmT0RHd3Z6bkU1U3hXQnR6VnZCVU15a3RRLVpnUUxBWVpwa1BUaERwOHFjblV5RklKejVYdFItQ05oMnYtWEZoN1M1VzlaQnk0ZWtlbllOOXNHUThOUEI4dlBrOFJqeDhhWTRKLXhqTWRuMkE3Y0syU2oxMldsRldNbXdReThXa0s2Qnh0dFg4Mk11c0lyZmRwcldPaTk?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rory McIlroy fails to make any ground at Players Championship<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RTE.ie<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi1gFBVV95cUxPQnBJWEc1QlFLN3p4akdRNkNIelZOb3MtVGhfOS1HbDZwb29XN2dhcUozU1FHWnR4c0FvV1VjLThycHh6TGUyeVhYZVpxOTV5THl5SFU2U3BLVWk4cmFVMTdjQ3pnSm9nalVFZGhOcThMRlBZTlI5WDlZV0JxVVlEaDNyUHF5RkRQeURwQkw1NkxqNTBRVnpKajBNUnJSQmRtUWgzZEdKNDBVWmVVUkIxaFdDek04Yi1Xc1IxdFhReHZzbzFoT2g1NU9ZaFdRQVczSVBJVUJR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rory McIlroy sees a \u2018small win\u2019 in Sawgrass as preparations for his Masters defence ramp up<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Times<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Players: Why Rory McIlroy&#8217;s poor title defence leaves questions over PGA Tour form and schedule ahead of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":199001,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":["post-352469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=352469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352469\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/199001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}