{"id":784033,"date":"2026-07-25T16:51:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T16:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/784033\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T16:51:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T16:51:30","slug":"rory-mcilroy-sounds-off-on-fedexcup-playoffs-after-disappointing-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/784033\/","title":{"rendered":"Rory McIlroy sounds off on FedExCup playoffs after disappointing Open"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rory McIlroy might not have lit up the highlight reel at Royal Birkdale but his post-round press conferences offered plenty to be discussed in the days and weeks that follow the year\u2019s final major.<\/p>\n

The world\u2019s second-ranked player followed up an assertive, blunt assessment of Bryson DeChambeau\u2019s two-stroke penalty<\/a> at The Open with a cynically fatigued response about next month\u2019s FedExCup playoffs.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe PGA Tour is in a lot of flux at the minute with a lot of their schedule and structure and everything like that \u2014 I think the change where it doesn\u2019t matter where you are in the top 30 going into the Tour Championship, it\u2019s like, \u2018I just need to be in the top 30 going in there to have a chance to win a FedExCup. So why would I care about the first two?\u2019\u201d McIlroy said after shooting a 1-over 71 in his final round at the 154th Open Championship<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI sort of came to that decision last year, and I\u2019m just sort of doing the same thing,\u201d he followed up.<\/p>\n

McIlroy, who finished 1 under on the tournament, was asked by reporters if he would play again before the start of the playoffs and he responded, no. McIlroy did not, however, clarify his intended playoff schedle.<\/p>\n

When asked if the playoffs fail to get his competitive juices flowing, McIlroy responded, \u201cYeah, that\u2019s fair.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a follow-up asking what sparked his apathy toward the Tour and its schedule, McIlroy said he believes it \u201csort of ebbs and flows.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s been years where I\u2019ve given it maybe more of my attention and years that I haven\u2019t,\u201d he reflected. \u201cI guess I\u2019m just at a stage that I have other things that I prioritize.\u201d<\/p>\n

McIlroy will be in the field in the DP World Tour\u2019s Amgen Irish Open, the week after the PGA Tour\u2019s Tour Championship. He\u2019s also committed to the following week\u2019s BMW PGA Championship, the European tour\u2019s flagship event.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, I\u2019m looking forward to it,\u201d said a more enthusiastic McIlroy. \u201cI\u2019ve really enjoyed my stretches of golf in Europe and heading into \u2014 like going back to India again, the Middle East, Australia, really enjoyed that part of the year last year, and looking forward to that again for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Ryan Fox has won the year\u2019s final major and collects the biggest slice from The Open\u2019s $17,750,000 purse. Here\u2019s how the rest of the prize money will be paid out Sunday at Royal Birkdale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rory McIlroy might not have lit up the highlight reel at Royal Birkdale but his post-round press conferences…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":784034,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[427,99],"class_list":["post-784033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784033","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=784033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784033\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/784034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=784033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=784033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=784033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}