One part of the secret to Rory McIlroy’s success this year has been a reduced playing schedule, and the world number two – who ticked the biggest box of all in completing the career Grand Slam with his Masters win back in April – is open to further scaling down his itinerary going forward in his pursuit of other goals.
“I would say, if anything, playing even less than I have this year,” remarked McIlroy of his plans going forward with already two decades of life on tour behind him.
McIlroy – competing in this week’s Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship and next week’s DP World Tour Championship finale – is on the cusp of a seventh career Harry Vardon Trophy for topping the order of merit, which would place him one behind Colin Montgomerie’s record eight, and doesn’t envisage any way he’d reduce his playing options on his home circuit, rather more inclined to further cut
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