Rory McIlroy can name-drop with any of the top golfers in the world. On Wednesday at Torrey Pines, in a pre-tournament media scrum held in the small scoring room that made the atmosphere something like a fireside chat,

When pressed about the matter, McIlroy provided no answers — not out of spite or because he wanted to keep things close to the chest, but because he had been kept out of the loop. McIlroy resigned from the PGA Tour Policy Board in November 2023.