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Rory McIlroy finished in a tie for ninth with Hideki Matsuyama and Shane Lowry at the 2024 PGA Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, Georgia. This was Mcllroy's 22nd start in the year. He has played in 19 tournaments on the PGA Tour, two on the DP World Tour, and in the Olympic men's golf competition.
In the post-tournament press conference, McIlroy was asked how many starts he would have in 2024. He said,
"27."
The World No. 3 was then asked how many starts are too many in a golf calendar year, and he said (via ASAP Sports):
"27. I'm usually sort of like a 22 sort of person. But again, that was when I was sort of in my 20s and didn't have the responsibilities that I do now."
For context, Scottie Scheffler had 23 starts in 2023. This year, he will likely play in two more tournaments taking his total to 22 starts for the year. Mcllroy himself played in only 23 tournaments last year including 18 on PGA Tour.
McIlroy has won two events this year. He won the 2024 Wells Fargo Championship by five shots over Xander Schauffele. He also emerged victorious at the 2024 Zurich Classic of New Orleans with Shane Lowry. He further said:
"Yeah. My season is not over, obviously. I've still got five events left to play. But yeah, it's been -- I feel like the tournaments came thick and fast, and obviously with the Olympics thrown in there, as well, this year, it sort of condensed everything a bit."
He further said:
"It's been a long season, and I'm going to just have to think about trying to build in a few extra breaks here and there next year and going forward because I felt like I hit a bit of a wall sort of post-U.S. Open, and still feel a little bit of that hangover."
McIlroy failed to win a Major this year as well. His last Major victory was at the 2014 PGA Championship, by one stroke over Phil Mickelson. However, he came close to winning the 2024 US Open where he missed two easy putts in the last three holes.
The 35-year-old is set to participate in five more tournaments this year. He will next tee off at the 2024 Amgen Irish Open and then participate in the BMW PGA Championship next week.
Here are the tournaments McIlroy will next play at:
Amgen Irish Open
- Dates: September 12-15, 2024
- Location: Royal County Down Golf Club
BMW PGA Championship
- Dates: September 19-22, 2024
- Location: Wentworth Club
Alfred Dunhill Links Championship
- Dates: October 3-6, 2024
- Location: Scotland
Abu Dhabi Championship
- Dates: November 7-10, 2024
- Location: Abu Dhabi
DP World Tour Championship
- Dates: November 14-17, 2024
- Location: Dubai
A look at Rory McIlroy's performance in 2024
Rory McIlroy has had a great 2024 season. He had three wins including two on the PGA Tour. In 22 starts, he has had 10 top-10 finishes and 17 top-25 finishes this year. He was positioned 6th in the FedExCup standings before the Tour Championship and slipped to ninth after the tournament.
Mcllroy's best performances this season include victories at the Wells Fargo Championship, the Zurich Classic of New Orleans (with partner Shane Lowry), and the Hero Dubai Desert Classic. His other notable performances include a second finish at the US Open, a T5 finish at the Olympic men's competition, a third finish at the Valero Texas Open, and T4 finishes at the RBC Canadian Open and Genesis Scottish Open.
Let's take a look at Rory McIlroy's performances in the 2024 season:
2024 OLY Golf (M) Tournaments
- Olympic Men's Golf Competition: T5 (68-69-66-66, 269, -15)
2024 PGA TOUR Tournaments
- AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am: T66 (71-74-69, 214, -2)
- The Genesis Invitational: T24 (74-66-69-70, 279, -5)
- Cognizant Classic: T21 (67-67-72-68, 274, -10)
- Arnold Palmer Invitational pres. by Mastercard: T21 (73-70-68-76, 287, -1)
- THE PLAYERS Championship: T19 (65-73-69-72, 279, -9)
- Valero Texas Open: 3 (69-70-72-66, 277, -11)
- Masters Tournament: T22 (71-77-71-73, 292, +4)
- RBC Heritage: T33 (67-68-68-74, 277, -7)
- Wells Fargo Championship: 1 (67-68-67-65, 267, -17)
- PGA Championship: T12 (66-71-68-67, 272, -12)
- RBC Canadian Open: T4 (66-72-65-64, 267, -13)
- the Memorial Tournament pres. by Workday: T15 (70-71-73-76, 290, +2)
- U.S. Open: 2 (65-72-69-69, 275, -5)
- Genesis Scottish Open: T4 (65-66-67-68, 266, -14)
- The Open: Missed Cut (78-75, 153, +11)
- FedEx St. Jude Championship: T68 (68-73-74-74, 289, +9)
- BMW Championship: T11 (70-71-70-71, 282, -6)
- TOUR Championship: T9 (69-69-68-66, 272, -16)
- Zurich Classic of New Orleans: P1 (61-70-64-68, 263, -25) [with Shane Lowry]
2023-24 DP World Tournaments
- Dubai Invitational: T2 (62-70-67-67, 266, -18)
- Hero Dubai Desert Classic: 1 (71-70-63-70, 274, -14)
