Ahead of the St. Jude Championship, Rory McIlroy made headlines when he decided to withdraw from the event. His status already cemented for the BMW Championship, McIlroy opted to take the weekend off to rest up for the penultimate FedEx Cup Playoff event at Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings

Rory McIlroy says he is comfortable with the format change at this year’s Tour Championship, which gives each one of the 30-strong field a unique chance to lift the FedEx Cup.

While Rory McIlroy didn't hate the starting-strokes format used at the Tour Championship the past six seasons, the change to a traditional 72-hole tournament where all 30 players start at even par has everyone in the mix.

Rory McIlroy will take his first steps on Thursday towards chasing the largest prize fund of the PGA Tour season when lining out for a second successive week with world number one Scottie Scheffler as playing partner.

Gdula: Matt Fitzpatrick (40-1, FanDuel) — Fitzpatrick has a top-17 ceiling among everyone’s last 50 rounds, and he’s got fantastic splits on long approaches. Golfers will see a ton of those this week. With a good putter Fitzpatrick sets up really well among the longshots.

THE Major season and those glorious sunny days and long summer nights in Portrush are now just distant dots in the rearview mirror, but plenty of golf’s big prizes – particularly on this side of the Atlantic – have still to be handed out before the curtain comes down on the 2025 campaign.

McIlroy has had an up-and-down week at Caves Valley, from day-to-day and from hole-to-hole. After a 4-under 66 on Friday, he turned in a rollercoaster round of 71 on Saturday which features four birdies, three bogeys and a double bogey.

One day before teeing at the BMW Championship, Rory McIlroy addressed the controversy around skipping the first leg of the FedEx Cup playoffs.