Rory McIlroy is not playing this week and that reality will likely get more attention for a few days than those who are playing at Jack Nicklaus’s Memorial Tournament, the 50th playing of the event he founded at a course he designed.
The fact that McIlroy is the reigning Masters champion and also skipping a third signature event—a concept he was squarely behind getting initiated—will also be the subject of conversation as well.
