As we enter 2025, Rory McIlroy He is reducing the number of competitions in his schedule.

“There’s a couple of tournaments I’ve played this year that I don’t usually play in and might not play next year,” McIlroy, 35, said in a recent interview. Telegram. “For example, I played the Cognizant (Classic) in Palm Beach Gardens, (the Texas Open) in San Antonio, and (the RBC Heritage) Hilton Head.”

He added: “I probably won’t play in the first playoff game in Memphis. I mean, I finished almost dead there this year (tied for 68 points in the 70-man field) and fell just one spot in the playoff standings.”

McIlroy said age was a factor behind reducing the number of tournaments he played. “At this point in my career… Hey, I’m 35 and I’ve been here 17, 18 years, so I’m just going to go to places that I enjoy and play well,” he explained. “Look, I’ve put in a lot of effort, I’ve done 25 to 30 events like that a year. And I “I’m not getting younger anymore.”

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McIlroy, who recently competed in the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, his 26th event of the year. take a short break from sports after losing Bryson DeChambeau -most US Open Championship at the beginning of this summer.

“I will be taking a break from everything in the playing process for a few weeks and will be benching myself for my defense of the Genesis Scottish Open and The Open at Royal Troon,” he wrote. through In June.

HE He broke his silence during his golf holiday three months later. “A lot has happened this year from a golf perspective and then, of course, from a personal perspective,” he said in a program he attended in September. Late Late Show. “Sometimes life can take so much and so much; more than anything, I had to take a break and step away from the game.”

McIlroy stated that he needed to take a break from his “golf business” to figure out his top priorities. “For me, what really matters is friends, family (and) enjoyment,” he added. “Enjoy the fact that you were a little kid in Hollywood and you grew up to be whatever I am, and I need to enjoy that time too.”

Apart from his golf career, McIlroy also made headlines this year for his on-off relationship with his wife. Erica Stoll. Athlete divorce case filed After seven years of marriage, 37-year-old Stoll rejected the application a month later.

“Over the past weeks, Erica and I have realized that our best future is together as a family,” he said in a statement in June. Guard. “Thankfully, we have resolved our differences and look forward to a new beginning,” he said.

Stoll continued: support her husband At the Genesis Scottish Open in North Berwick, Scotland, in July. Meanwhile, McIlroy explained in a September interview: Late Late Show taken by the couple’s 4-year-old daughter, Poppy. “Some interest” in golf.

“If he did (become a professional golfer), I would be 100 percent supportive, but I also wouldn’t mind him doing anything different,” he said.