OWINGS MILLS, Md. - Rory McIlroy was approached about being a playing captain for the European team at a future Ryder Cup, but the reigning Masters champion said he turned down the opportunity because he believes a captain can't do both.

While McIlroy didn't specify which future Ryder Cup, it was presumably the 2027 match between the U.S. and Europeans at Adare Manor in County Limerick, Ireland.

"The idea of me being a playing captain sometime soon has come up, and I've shot it down straight away," McIlroy said during a news conference Wednesday at the BMW Championship at Caves Valley Golf Club.

McIlroy, ranked No. 2 in the world, has already qualified for the European team that will battle the U.S. squad at next month's Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black in Farmingdale, New York.

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