Rory McIlroy doesn’t think it’s feasible to be a successful playing captain at the Ryder Cup in the modern era, and it’s why he’s as intrigued as anyone to how the formation of the U.S. team will unfold.

McIlroy said Wednesday he’s already turned down the opportunity “straight away” to serve as a future playing captain – most likely in two years’ time at Adare Manor in Ireland – because he believed the dual responsibilities would be too much to handle.

“The commitments that a captain has the week of: the extra media that the captain has to do, the extra meetings that the captains have to do with the vice captains, with the PGA of America, preparing your speech for the opening ceremony – there’s a lot of things that people don’t see that the captain does the week of the Ryder Cup, especia

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