McIlroy to 'cut back' future tournament schedule

Rory McIlroy says he is aiming to "cut back" connected his tourney schedule successful nan early aft a congested 2024 programme which will person seen him compete successful 27 events by nan extremity of nan year.

The 35-year-old was speaking aft posting a closing 66 to necktie for ninth spot astatine The Tour Championship successful Atlanta.

The four-time awesome victor began nan twelvemonth powerfully by winning nan Dubai Desert Classic and different highlights included taking triumph astatine nan Wells Fargo Championship successful May.

He was 2nd astatine nan US Open astatine Pinehurst successful June aft a late collapse allowed Bryson DeChambeau to declare victory, while he missed nan trim astatine nan Open Championship astatine Troon successful July.

McIlroy was associated 5th astatine nan Olympics successful Paris arsenic he represented Team Ireland.

"It's been a agelong season, and I'm going to conscionable person to deliberation astir trying to build successful a fewer other breaks present and location adjacent twelvemonth and going guardant because I felt for illustration I deed a spot of a wall benignant of post-US Open, and still consciousness a small spot of that hangover," said McIlroy.

Asked really galore tournaments is excessively galore successful 1 year, McIlroy replied: "27. I'm usually benignant of for illustration a 22 benignant of person. But again, that was erstwhile I was benignant of successful my 20s and didn't person nan responsibilities that I do now.

"I'm going to effort to trim it backmost to for illustration 18 aliases 20 a twelvemonth going forward, I think."

The world number 3 still has a number of tournaments near to return portion successful during nan remainder of nan year, including nan Alfred Dunhill Links astatine St Andrews successful October.

"My play is not over, obviously. I've still sewage 5 events near to play," he said.

"But yeah, it's been, I consciousness for illustration nan tournaments came heavy and fast, and evidently pinch nan Olympics thrown successful there, arsenic well, this year, it benignant of condensed everything a bit."