{"id":92846,"date":"2025-05-11T13:41:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T13:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/92846\/"},"modified":"2025-05-11T13:41:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-11T13:41:08","slug":"rory-mcilroys-bid-to-win-pga-championship-takes-huge-hit-in-first-major-since-masters-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/92846\/","title":{"rendered":"Rory McIlroy’s bid to win PGA Championship takes huge hit in first major since Masters victory"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rory McIlroy’s quest for back-to-back majors faces an early challenge as thunderstorms are forecast for the practice days at Quail Hollow ahead of the PGA Championship.<\/p>\n

Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday’s warm-up sessions are all expected to be disrupted by inclement weather, potentially leaving players short on practice time before Thursday’s tee off.<\/p>\n

The Northern Irishman, fresh from his emotional Masters triumph last month, may find his preparation hampered as Mother Nature threatens to intervene at the season’s second major championship.<\/p>\n

McIlroy captured the imagination of the sporting world when he won his first-ever green jacket at Augusta National last month.<\/p>\n

\"Rory<\/p>\n

Rory McIlroy is facing weather problems next week in the PGA Championship<\/p>\n

Reuters<\/p>\n

The triumph came after a dramatic play-off against fellow Ryder Cup team-mate Justin Rose.<\/p>\n

It ended a long and at times painful wait for McIlroy, who had been pursuing the career grand slam since winning the 2014 Open at Royal Liverpool.<\/p>\n

His celebrations told their own story, with McIlroy overcome with emotion, dropping to his knees in relief after sinking the final putt.<\/p>\n

Since his Augusta triumph, McIlroy has carefully managed his tournament appearances.<\/p>\n

This week’s Truist Championship at the Philadelphia Cricket Club’s Wissahickon Golf Course marks his first solo tournament since donning the green jacket.<\/p>\n

The Pennsylvania event could prove valuable preparation given the looming PGA Championship.<\/p>\n

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Ahead of the PGA Championship, McIlroy has offered his thoughts on how competitions could be more exciting.<\/p>\n

“If the golf ball just went a little shorter, this course would be awesome,” he mused on Friday.<\/p>\n

“Not that it isn’t awesome anyway, but right now for the distances we hit it, it’s probably 500 or 600 yards too short.<\/p>\n

“It would be amazing to be able to play courses like this the way the architect wanted you to play them.”<\/p>\n

\"Rory<\/p>\n

Rory McIlroy has good form at Quail Hollow<\/p>\n

PA<\/p>\n

Two years ago, a decision was made to introduce shorter golf balls from 2028 onwards.<\/p>\n

This change is designed to make the game more challenging for players who can currently overpower traditional course designs.<\/p>\n

Until then, however, McIlroy and his competitors will continue using regular golf balls as they navigate the upcoming PGA Championship at Quail Hollow.<\/p>\n

The tournament represents McIlroy’s chance to claim consecutive major victories for the first time in his illustrious career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rory McIlroy’s quest for back-to-back majors faces an early challenge as thunderstorms are forecast for the practice days…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":92847,"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-92846","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\/114489490435003965","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92846","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=92846"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92846\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}