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<\/p>\nRory McIlroy bemoaned his poor form as he finished 66th at the FedEx St. Jude Championship over the weekend following talks with PGA chief Brian Rolapp<\/p>\n
09:30, 17 Aug 2026Updated 09:30, 17 Aug 2026<\/p>\n
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Rory McIlroy had a weekend to forget <\/p>\n
Rory McIlroy has sparked concern that he is becoming more disengaged with golf<\/a> after again bemoaning his poor form. McIlroy expressed concerns about the state of his game after finishing above only two other players in the FedEx Cup St Jude Championship.<\/p>\n The six-time major winner, who successfully defended his Masters title earlier this year, went into the first of three FedExCup Playoffs 12th in the standings. But his bid for a record-extending fourth season-ending title ended in disappointment as he posted rounds of 74, 70, 72 and 72 to finish eight over.<\/p>\n And the Northern Irishman admitted he is ‘so far away from where I need to be’ heading into next week\u2019s second event of the FedExCup, the BMW Championship. He said: \u201cObviously didn\u2019t come in here with a ton of reps, (it) almost felt like the more the week went on the more I felt lost with my golf swing a little bit.<\/p>\n \u201cThe swing wasn\u2019t in sync and obviously I didn\u2019t do a ton of practice coming in here. I\u2019m so far away from where I need to be to even feel like I have a chance.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve just got to keep working and hope it turns around a little bit. I guess nice to shake the rust off a little bit but I\u2019m going to have to work pretty hard between now and next Thursday to feel like I have any sort of golf game to compete next week.<\/p>\n JOIN US ON FACEBOOK! All the best sports news and much more on our dedicated Facebook page<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cTo me it\u2019s more about obviously the execution of what I\u2019m doing right now, and the execution wasn\u2019t there this week. I\u2019m going to have to sort of put the head down and grind from now until Thursday to try to feel like I have any sort of chance next week.\u201d<\/p>\n McIlroy has played a limited schedule since his Masters triumph back in April, and the best he has achieved in terms of finishes since then is a couple of tied-seventh finishes at the PGA Championship and Scottish Open. However, regardless of his result at Bellerive in St Louis next week, McIlroy is assured of making it to the 30-man season-ending Tour Championship.<\/p>\n But some fans believe the Manchester United<\/a> supporter is losing his hunger for the sport. Taking to X, one fan wrote: \u201cRory looks like a man who has achieved all of his goals and dreams in golf. . . his sheer lack of interest in the ‘season race’ is understandable, for the money means nothing to him and the ‘prestige’ of the ‘fed ex’ means little to him either. Another green jacket, claret jug, Ryder Cup……perhaps a US Open, another Irish, Scottish or Australian Open might motivate him going forwards ~ but maybe he is just tired of the circus going from town to town each week.\u201d<\/p>\n Another said: \u201cDidn’t play the minimum events and openly admits didn’t put in preparation for it Not taking seriously.\u201d While a third believes: \u201cHe\u2019s disengaged.\u201d And a fourth added: \u201cHis season was done in April, let’s be honest..”<\/p>\n Mcllroy has seriously struggled since his Masters victory(Image: (Matthew Maxey\/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images))<\/p>\n McIlroy has also confirmed that he has held talks with PGA Tour commissioner and CEO Brian Rolapp, as he is likely to fall one event short of the 15-event minimum required for players to maintain his ‘home-tour’ status, which allows him to compete on both the PGA Tour and DP World Tour without the need for conflicting event releases.<\/p>\n \u201c[Brian Rolapp] and I have been in constant dialogue, basically since he took the job last year,” he revealed. “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. \u201c<\/p>\n Before he added: \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. Especially with the strategic alliance with the DP World Tour I sort of pride myself on being a global player.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve got a lot of golf left this year after these events. I play six times after the Tour Championship all around the world<\/a>, 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 Watch LIV Golf live on TNT Sports<\/p>\n This article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it. Learn more<\/a> \u00a330.99<\/p>\n TNT Sports<\/p>\n![\"Rory](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0_GettyImages-2290213518.jpg\")
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