Rory McIlroy has rejected the possibility to play in two extra tournaments after attaining Ryder Cup glory with Group Europe.
Rory McIlroy has turned down two extra tournaments (Picture: Getty)
Rory McIlroy has turned down the possibility to play in two profitable tournaments which might have boosted his earnings for the 12 months even additional. The Northern Irishman was notably absent from the DP World Tour’s Alfred Dunhill Hyperlinks Championship earlier this month in Scotland.
That was regardless of it being the primary likelihood to showcase the identical beautiful kind he loved simply days earlier on the 2025 Ryder Cup, the place McIlroy helped Group Europe safe a 15-13 triumph on American soil. In doing so, he gave up the possibility to win a portion of the whopping £4.3million prize fund. And, after returning to motion for the DP World India Championship final week, the place he completed T26, the profession grand slam winner has determined to skip two extra high-paying occasions.
A type of is that this week’s Genesis Championship, the ultimate occasion of the ‘Again 9’ on the DP World Tour calendar, which carries a hefty prize fund of £3m. The winner of the occasion in Cheonan, Korea, will rake in £510,000, whereas the runner up receives £330,000.
However that’s not all McIlroy is lacking out on this week. Additionally happening is the Financial institution of Utah Championship on the Black Desert Resort, the place a complete pool of £4.5m is up for grabs. The winner will take house 18% of that complete, which provides as much as round £809,000.
The 36-year-old’s feedback final 12 months go a way in the direction of explaining his resolution to snub the 2 tournaments, having already loved a massively profitable 2025 with victories on the Masters, The Gamers Championship, the AT&T Pebble Seashore Professional Am and the Amgen Irish Open.
He mentioned in late 2024 when questioned about his match calendar: “It has been an extended season and I will simply have to consider attempting to construct in a couple of additional breaks right here and there subsequent 12 months and going ahead. I am normally form of like a 22 (occasions a 12 months) form of particular person.
“However once more, that was once I was form of in my 20s and did not have the duties that I do now. I will attempt to minimize it again to love 18 or 20 a 12 months going ahead, I feel.”
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It’s honest to say that, at this stage of his profession, McIlroy wants the remaining greater than he wants the cash, boasting an estimated web price of £346m based on The Sunday Instances Wealthy Record. Nevertheless, the five-time main winner has introduced he can be taking part in within the first occasion of 2026, the second version of the Dubai Invitational, having come agonisingly near turning into the inaugural champion in 2024.
On his resolution to start out his 12 months on the occasion, McIlroy mentioned: “I’m excited to be beginning my 12 months in Dubai. The UAE is a spot the place I’ve loved plenty of nice weeks, and I’m positive this can be no totally different. Dubai Creek Resort was a unbelievable host venue two years in the past, and Abdulla and his workforce placed on an unbelievable occasion.”
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