Rory Mcllroy snubs on a major PGA Tour event invite at the start of 2023

Rory Mcllroy snubs on a major PGA Tour event invite at the start of 2023

Rory Mcllroy

Rory Mcllroy will miss the start of 2023’s major golfing event, the Sentry Tournament of Champions, at Kapalua, Hawaii. The reigning FedEx Cup Champion qualified for the tournament after winning the 2022 RBC Canadian Open. The last time he appeared in this tournament, he tied for fourth in 2019. 

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The PGA Tour has several elevated events, which are tournaments with higher prize purses. These events are a new way for PGA Tour to ensure increased prize money payouts for the tournaments. Here, the players finishing in the top 20 of the 2022 Player Impact Program (PIP) are eligible to participate in the elevated events. This year, there have been 39 names listed for entry to the Sentry Tournament as of 5.02 PM on Friday.

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Rory Mcllroy chose to skip the Sentry Tournament of Champions 

Rory McIlroy with his dad Gerry.
Rory McIlroy with his dad Gerry.

Rory Mcllroy is the current World No. 1 and a three-time winner of the last season. However, it is surprising that one of the ‘Big 3’s from the world of golf will not be present for this tournament. He is also scheduled to play in the DP World Tour in Dubai, which might occur sometime around late January. Hence, it can be assumed that Mcllroy is likely considering limiting his choices at the start of the year. 

He is one of many top players not participating in the TOC. Australian golfer and World No. 3 Shane Lowry will also not play in this tournament. He will be out because he is set to leave the PGA Tour for LIV Golf this September. He was the reigning champion of the TOC from last year, Player Championship, and Open Championship at St. Andrews. However, now he will be banned from the PGA Tour and might not even compete against the world’s stars till April’s Masters. 

One of the major highlights of the TOC will be the return of Will Zalatoris after a maiden victory in the FedEx Cup’s St. Jude Classic. He will be coming back from his injury from the BMW Championship in August 2022. 

Currently, the 2023 TOC consists of the following players: 

  1. Hideki Matsuyama 
  2. Tom Hoge 
  3. Scottie Scheffler 
  4. Luke List 
  5. Sepp Straka 
  6. Ryan Brehm 
  7. Sam Burns 
  8. Chad Remey 
  9. JJ Spaun
  10. Jordan Spieth 
  11. Xander Schauffele 
  12. Patrik Cantlay 
  13. Jon Rahm
  14. Max Homa
  15. K.H. Lee
  16. Justin Thomas 
  17. Billy Horschel 
  18. Matt Fitzpatrick 
  19. Trey Mullinax 
  20. Chez Reavie 
  21. J.T. Poston 
  22. Tony Finau 
  23. Mackenzie Hughes 
  24. Joohyung ‘Tom’ Kim 
  25. Will Zalatoris 
  26. Keegan Bradley 
  27. Seamus Power 
  28. Russel Henley 
  29. Adam Svensson 
  30. Scott Stallings 
  31. Cameron Young 
  32. Collin Morikawa
  33. Corey Conners 
  34. Brian Harman 
  35. Sahith Theegala 
  36. Adam Scott 
  37. Aaron Wise 
  38. Sunjae Im 
  39. Viktor Hovland

The 2023 Sentry Tournament of Champions will commence from January 4 till January 8 and can be streamed on ESPN+ and NBC Golf Channels.

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