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Rory McIlroy finished the PGA Championship tied for 47thGetty<\/p>\n
McIlroy’s form has noticeably dipped since his triumph at Augusta, where he finally captured the elusive Green Jacket. <\/p>\n
He struggled at the PGA Championship earlier this month, barely making the cut and finishing tied for 47th place at three-over par. <\/p>\n
The 36-year-old also appeared to be avoiding media attention during that tournament. <\/p>\n
Instead of using the Memorial as preparation for the upcoming US Open at Oakmont, McIlroy has committed to play in the RBC Canadian Open next week.<\/p>\n
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Rory McIlroy has been in tricky form since winning The Masters<\/p>\n
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What makes McIlroy’s decision particularly notable is that he had sought advice from Nicklaus before his Masters victory.<\/p>\n
Nicklaus revealed at Augusta that the pair had lunch together prior to the tournament, where McIlroy asked for guidance on how to succeed at the course. <\/p>\n
This meeting preceded McIlroy’s dramatic win over Justin Rose in a play-off to finally claim the Green Jacket.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rory McIlroy has sparked controversy by deciding to skip the upcoming Memorial Tournament, which begins this Thursday. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":136404,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4106],"tags":[2826,12,512,93,79,16,15,978,727],"class_list":{"0":"post-136403","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-golf","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-sgg","11":"tag-sport","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-us","16":"tag-us-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114580846412243703","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136403\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Rory McIlroy finished the PGA Championship tied for 47thGetty<\/p>\n![\"Rory](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/rory-mcilroy-has-been-in-tricky-form-since-winning-the-masters.jpg\")
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