In an effort to reduce his overall workload on the season , reigning Masters champion Rory McIlroy decided not to play in this week's the 2025 St. Jude Championship at TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tennessee. As such, the first leg of the FedEx Cup Playoffs will run with 69 of the top 70 players in the world -- McIlroy the lone missing piece from the start of the three-week postseason.

McIlroy's decision has been met with angst from PGA Tour organizers, who are considering a rule change so that even someone of his caliber would not be mathematically locked into the second legs of the playoffs, BMW Championship and the Tour Championship. While leach leg offers four times as many points as regular-season events, McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler are so far in front of the field that they cannot

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