According to the player handbook, the Tour can reduce the event requirement due to \u201cmedical reasons or other extraordinary circumstances\u201d and that appears to be the likely outcome.<\/p>\n
\u201c[Tour commissioner and CEO Brian Rolapp] and I have been in constant dialogue, basically since he took the job last year. I think we\u2019ve built up a really good relationship and, yeah, we\u2019ve had a couple of conversations last week about what I can do with the Tour going forward to, I guess, fulfill the obligation to, I guess, keep my membership,\u201d McIlroy said Wednesday at TPC Southwind.<\/p>\n
If McIlroy were to lose his PGA Tour status, he would be limited to seven starts on sponsor exemptions as a non-member as well as his exemptions into the four major championships.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve had productive conversations, we\u2019re figuring it out and it will all be fine. It will be a little bit of work between us,\u201d McIlroy said. \u201cEspecially with the strategic alliance with the DP World Tour I sort of pride myself on being a global player. I\u2019ve got a lot of golf left this year after these events. I play six times after the Tour Championship all around the world, so I\u2019ve tried to pace myself for that throughout the year to get to this point, but, yeah, Brian and I have had some good dialogue and we\u2019re figuring it out.\u201d<\/p>\n
McIlroy said he added this week\u2019s playoff opener at TPC Southwind<\/a> to his schedule to avoid an extended break before the last two events of the season, where he will have a chance to win his fourth FedExCup<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cHaving four weeks off going into the last two tournaments of the year was probably going to be a little bit too much,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n After the Tour Championship, McIlroy plans to play in Ireland, England, India, twice in the United Arab Emirates and Australia before the end of the year.<\/p>\n
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