Rory McIlroy has had a run of bad decisions lately, and he continued that streak once again. The recent Masters champ is not playing in the Memorial this week, and he made things worse by not letting Jack Nicklaus—who founded the tournament and is the face of the event—know that he would be skipping it.

Legendary broadcaster Al Michaels sent Jim Nantz a 1-word text to congratulate him on the call of Rory McIlroy's Masters win.

Rory McIlroy skipped media for four days at the PGA Championship and then skipped the Memorial without telling Jack Nicklaus. Why?

The PGA Tour’s signature event model that Rory McIlroy helped to create in 2022 in response to the LIV Golf League incursion into men’s golf appears to not be working for some players—most notably Rory McIlroy.

Scottie Scheffler is halfway towards completing a career Grand Slam following his PGA Championship victory, and he can move one tournament closer to that feat by winning the 2025 U.S. Open from Oakmont Country Club starting on Thursday,

The Memorial is the tournament Jack Nicklaus built and Tiger Woods once dominated. But lately it's a tournament that brings memories of LIV Golf and the disruption it has caused.

Rory McIlroy will not participate in the upcoming Memorial Tournament, scheduled for May 29, marking his first absence from Jack Nicklaus's prestigious event in eight years. The Northern Irishman has been a consistent presence at Muirfield Village since 2017,