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Rory McIlroy will be taking time off.<\/p>\n
Rory McIlroy will be taking some time away from the golf course after the PGA Championship.<\/p>\n
McIlroy was looking to keep the season-long Grand Slam alive by winning the PGA Championship this weekend, after winning the Masters last month. However, McIlroy fell short of Aaron Rai, who won the tournament<\/a> for his first-ever major championship.<\/p>\n Following McIlroy\u2019s tied-for-seventh-place finish at 4-under, he announced on the CBS broadcast that he will be taking some time off.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m going to take a couple of weeks off, and Memorial will be my next one,\u201d McIlroy said on the CBS broadcast.<\/p>\n McIlroy has changed his schedule quite a bit this season, as he\u2019s been playing less. So, his taking a couple of weeks off after the PGA Championship isn\u2019t a surprise.<\/p>\n So, the next time McIlroy will be in the field is at the Memorial Tournament on June 4-7 at Muirfield Village Golf Club, which is the annual PGA Tour event founded by Jack Nicklaus.<\/p>\n It\u2019s also a tournament that McIlroy has never won, so he\u2019ll be looking to win Jack\u2019s tourney for the first time after a couple of weeks away.<\/p>\n McIlroy Believes he Left Shots on Course<\/p>\n As for McIlroy\u2019s PGA Championship, he got into contention despite shooting an opening round 74, which was 4-over.<\/p>\n It was a disappointing opening round for McIlroy, but he shot three-under 67 on Friday and four-under 66 on Saturday to get into contention. Yet, on Sunday, McIlroy shot one-under 69, which was disappointing as the reigning back-to-back Masters champion felt like he left shots on the course.<\/p>\n \u201cI think not birding the two Par-5s and then bogeying the drivable Par-4 13 was to me, I played the golf I needed to play the rest of the way,\u201d McIlroy said. \u201cIf I birdie the two Par-5s and I turn that 5 into a 3 at 13, the day looks very different, even though Aaron is getting away from the field a little bit, and looks like he\u2019s going to win, which is great. You won\u2019t find one person on the property who isn\u2019t happy for him. Looking back on today\u2019s round, I\u2019d redo those three holes.\u201d<\/p>\n Although McIlroy feels like he left some shots on the course, Aaron Rai did run away with the tournament by shooting a 5-under 65 on Sunday and finishing at 9-under.<\/p>\n McIlroy Skipped Jack Nicklaus\u2019 Tournament Last Year<\/p>\n McIlroy\u2019s return at the Memorial Tournament is good news for the event after the fan-favorite skipped it last year.<\/p>\n After winning the Masters and completing the career Grand Slam, he opted to skip the tournament, which was a major surprise. Nicklaus also revealed McIlroy never told him he was going to miss it.<\/p>\n \u201cIt surprised me. But, you know, guys have got schedules and got things they do,\u201d Nicklaus said<\/a>. \u201cI haven\u2019t talked to him for him to tell me why or why not. It\u2019s just his call. I made a lot of calls that I had to make when I played to play or not play, and sometimes it wasn\u2019t as popular as people thought it was. But sometimes you have to make those calls.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t hold anything against Rory for that. He did what he likes to play. I know he likes to play so many in a row. He likes to play the week before a U.S. Open. And that\u2019s what he\u2019s doing.\u201d<\/p>\n After missing last year\u2019s event, McIlroy will be back and fresh after a couple of weeks off.<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tCole Shelton<\/a> Cole Shelton covers the NHL, MLB, Buffalo Bills, Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns for Heavy.com. He has covered pro and college sports since 2016, including bylines at BJ Penn, USA Today, SB Nation, Rotowire, Canadian Baseball Network and more. More about Cole Shelton<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty Rory McIlroy will be taking time off. 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