{"id":637423,"date":"2026-05-11T23:03:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T23:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/637423\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T23:03:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T23:03:14","slug":"rory-mcilroy-limping-causes-worry-for-pga-championship-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/637423\/","title":{"rendered":"Rory McIlroy limping causes worry for PGA Championship 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rory McIlroy will be ready for Aronimink.<\/p>\n

The two-time Masters champ revealed why he was limping around Quail Hollow during the final round of the Truist Championship on Sunday.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, I\u2019ve got a blister on my pinky toe on my right foot, but it\u2019s underneath my nail,\u201d McIlroy told reporters. \u201cSo I can\u2019t really get to it, so it\u2019s a little sore, but I\u2019ll be all right.\u201d<\/p>\n

McIlroy fired a final-round 67 after struggling with a 75 on Saturday \u2014 a round that included six bogeys and knocked him out of contention. McIlroy ended up finishing tied for 19th.<\/p>\n

Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland and his caddie Harry Diamond walk the eighth hole during the final round of the Truist Championship 2026 at Quail Hollow Country Club on May 10, 2026 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cStarted to feel it like Friday afternoon. I wish that was an excuse, but absolutely not,\u201d McIlroy said with a laugh when asked if it was the reason for his poor showing on Saturday.<\/p>\n

He reiterated that he was \u201cfine\u201d as he sets his sights on the PGA Championship, which begins Thursday outside of Philadelphia.<\/p>\n

McIlroy received misguided criticism after his win at The Masters for discussing how he prepared for Augusta by taking day trips up there on his private jet <\/a>from his home in Florida.<\/p>\n

Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland adjusts his shoe while playing the ninth hole during the final round of the Truist Championship 2026 at Quail Hollow Country Club on May 10, 2026 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Getty Images<\/p>\n

Some felt it was an unfair advantage that he was given such access as the defending champ, however any player in the field could have done the same.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, the 37-year-old joked about how he got ready for this upcoming Grand Slam event.<\/p>\n

\u201cI lived there for a week, just played it every day. I think that\u2019s allowed. No, I went up and back in the same day [last week],\u201d McIlroy said. \u201cNo, it was good to get a look\u2026 you know we played the BMW there in 2018 but the course played a lot differently. It was wet in 2018 and the greens didn\u2019t play as fast or severe as what I thought they played last week when I played. It\u2019s not a long golf course but the big defenses are the greens and they can tuck the pins away if they want to.<\/p>\n

Rory McIlroy isn\u2019t worried about the ailment. Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was nice to get an early look at it, it just means the week of the tournament you are not under pressure to play a lot of holes. Historically, the practice rounds at the PGA can be excruciatingly long. So, probably nine holes Tuesday, nine holes Wednesday.\u201d<\/p>\n

McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler are the pre-tournament favorites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rory McIlroy will be ready for Aronimink. The two-time Masters champ revealed why he was limping around Quail…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":637424,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[427,14192,6082,99],"class_list":["post-637423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-pga-championship","tag-rory-mcilroy","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=637423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637423\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/637424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=637423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=637423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=637423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}