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How to Putt in EA Sports PGA Tour – All Tips and Tricks

Playing EA Sports PGA Tour for the first time will definitely put you before many challenges. Even if you are a veteran of this digital golfing experience some moves can be pretty hard to master and can only be perfected with practice.

Putting is one of those skills that troubled many players of the EA Sports PGA Tour. Like for every other shot, there are many in-game parameters to help you make the perfect putt, but even after a couple of tries, you feel like you’re still at square one. Read on to learn some practical tips and tricks that can up your putt game and make you a Major Champion.

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The first advice we can give you for better putting in EA Sports PGA Tour is to practice, practice, practice. I know from my own personal experience that I just got a feeling for most of the games I’ve played and I didn’t really strategize much or think about which buttons I was pressing. It’s the same when you are playing any sport really, the more you kick/throw the ball the better you get and your muscle memory takes over. The same is true for the careful putt shots in EA Sports PGA Tour.

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When it comes to practical advice in the game, the most important thing is that you pay attention to the putt read line as that will be your guide to a perfect putt. It will show you the break and the curvature your golf ball will take when you strike it.

Next, you need to pay attention to setting an ideal weight for your putt. You will want to pay attention to whether you need to hit the golf ball uphill or downhill. Hitting it with either one of those circumstances will require that you adjust your aim distance accordingly.

For example, if you have a 15-foot putt that is 5 inches downhill, you would have to move your aim to 10 feet to get the perfect shot. On the other hand, if it was a 15-foot putt with 5 inches uphill, you would need to set your aim to 20 feet. Hitting the golf ball too strong or too weak is one of the most common mistakes players make when putting.

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Rory McIlroy PGA Tour Tips and Strategies

Master your golf swing and become a pro on the putting range with these helpful pointers.

Rory McIlroy PGA Tour is available now for Xbox One and PlayStation 4, and it marks a return to golfing greatness for EA Sports. With over a dozen courses available, a handful of pros from the Pro Golfers Association, and a number of other modes to play online and off, it’s got something to offer for both golf lovers and casual players alike.

Here are some tips that will help you get into the game, so you can master your swing and nail birdie after birdie…and perhaps even a few eagles as well.

Getting the Most Out of Your Swing

We’ll be covering the mechanics of the three swing systems available in the game in a later article, but, for now, we’ll talk about the basics when it comes to keeping your ball from rolling out of bounds.

First off, you’ll want to use the preview button – either Triangle or Y button, depending on your version – before every swing. Even if you think you’ve got your shot figured out, you’ll want to look further down the course for bunkers or water hazards. When you play on an easier setting, you’ll actually see a blue line that shows where the ball is going to go. Use this as a guidance tool before you smack one off the tee.

Also, keep a close eye on wind. If gusts are coming up over five miles an hour, you’re likely to see an effect on the ball’s path as it’s in the air. This, along with the distance your shot will take, enables you to adjust your aim in preview mode before hitting the ball. Use it every chance you get, even if the course looks deceptively open. You never know when it isn’t going to roll your way.

In addition, don’t forget the other tools available to you. When you go in for your back swing, you can hit the X or A button (depending on version) multiple times to add more power to your shot. This is especially useful on par 5’s, when you’re trying to get as much distance covered as possible getting to the green. You’ll still want to make adjustments, but power certainly makes all the difference.

Don’t forget your spin as well. While the ball is in the air, hold the analog stick in the direction you want the spin to go and tap the X or A button. Doing it multiple times will put a backspin, side spin or forward spin on your shot, allowing you to adjust for when it lands. This can make all the difference in getting an easier putt – or staying out of bounds.

Those are some of the basics to keep in mind, but we’ll cover them more in-depth with our swing article next week.

The Power of Putting

When you do get to the green, sometimes you’ll need to putt once or twice in order to get the ball in the hole. Now, the putting system is different from previous games, so make sure you pay attention to this.

As you first line up your putt, you’ll see a guidance line that leads to the hole. Be sure to press the Triangle or Y button to get a closer look at the terrain – sometimes, you’ll see curves or uphill/downhill changes that make a difference in the ball’s momentum. From there, line up your putt with quick adjustments.

The best thing you can do when it comes to getting proper putts is to aim your putter just where the guideline begins to break on the course. You’ll have to adjust speed along the way, but this gives you an idea of where the ball will curve after you hit it. It’s not always a guaranteed success, but, at the very least, you can get it closer to the hole so your second shot is a tap-in.

Don’t hit the ball too hard, unless you’re facing an uphill run. In that case, feel free to make an adjustment of a couple of feet on distance, and it’ll roll closer to the hole. Otherwise, it’s going to go right past it – and you could very well face an even worse putt than the one you just went through. Make sure to get the proper power going.

Coming Out of the Rough or Sand

Finally, you’re going to get in some out-of-bounds trouble every once in a while, like if you misjudge a shot or send it flying a little too fast. In this case, on the easier setting, your club will automatically be chosen for you, so that you can just aim for where you want the ball to go back on the course and swing away. Otherwise, you’ll want to find the right club for the job.

Avoid the wood clubs. These are meant for power on a smooth surface and get almost nothing done coming out of hazards. Instead, stick with your power and sand wedge, depending on how close you are to the hole. A good iron may also be used, given that the distance is right, but otherwise just stick with the smaller wedges. With these, you’ll get back on the course, where you can continue your stride towards the green. It beats leaving a divot and having your ball only go a few feet.

Good luck – and go get those aces!

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Rory McIlroy PGA Tour review

It's (probably not) in the game.

With Tiger Woods experiencing the kind of career downturn that would have Messrs Torres and Falcao nodding sympathetically, it's no wonder EA has opted to drop the fairway-dodging flop for its flagship golf series, replacing him with the more successful (and marketable) Rory McIlroy. Surely, then, this is the ideal opportunity for a fresh start, and a series seemingly content to coast along on past successes would be revitalised by its prodigiously talented star?

You could forgive yourself for getting a little excited after the hyperbolic introduction. "Limitless!" chirrups Rich Lerner, like a man triumphantly declaring his favourite Bradley Cooper film. "The ability to break free, to experience golf in ways you never thought possible." What could this mean? My mind raced. An infinite number of procedurally-generated courses? The ability to play anti-gravity space golf against a sentient blancmange using giraffes as clubs? Apparently not. It turns out that "taking your game to levels once only dreamed of" involves little more than pitch-and-putt on a course surrounded by reused Battlefield assets and a mode that might as well be called Rory McIlroy's Mario Golf.

And, it transpires, "limitless" isn't so much an exaggeration as a bald-faced lie. Because EA Sports Rory McIlroy PGA Tour Turbo HD Remix has fewer courses, golfers, modes and features than its predecessor. Tiger's last outing had five women from the LPGA Tour; they've been unceremoniously dropped here, as has roughly half the roster of male golfers. There are 12 courses, when two years ago we had 20 (heck, it's two fewer than Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005 managed). Gone are the detailed character customisation options for your career golfer, replaced instead by a handful of preset avatars, most of which look like they've been designed by someone who's never seen a human face, but once had one described to them over a Skype call from a noisy venue with particularly flaky wi-fi.

In fact, the career mode as a whole is significantly undernourished. I qualified for the PGA Tour after placing second in my first round as an amateur, and then joylessly worked my way through a series of disconnected tournaments. There's no sense of pageantry surrounding the big competitions, and very little fanfare when you win a tournament: you get a dry text report with a trite quote or two from your golfer. Your stats will steadily rise, and occasionally you'll unlock some more branded gear, but otherwise there's little sense of progress - not least because there's no tangible record of your recent achievements, just a series of rudimentary stat tables. The Highlights tab, meanwhile, simply collects reports of completed rounds and sponsorship deals. In an age of "Xbox, record that" and Share buttons, perhaps it shouldn't come as a surprise that you can't watch or save replays of your best shots within the game, but it's disappointing not to have the option.

It's far from the only thing that's missing. There are no practice rounds in Career mode, no optional objectives to complete for XP boosts. In multiplayer - online or off - you can only select between Stroke Play and Match Play. There's no Best Ball, no Alternate Shot, no Four Ball, no Skins. No Skins! EA Tiburon has promised several free updates to the game that will add new courses and features, though I'm not sure that compensates for the absence of options that have been an integral part of the series for years. Even the Country Clubs from Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14 have been removed.

This might be less of a problem if what remained was a noticeable improvement on previous entries. It isn't. The courses, rendered in the Frostbite engine, look good for the most part, but there are obvious performance issues throughout. It's never a good sign when a game has pop-in on the title screen and so it proves: foliage will often appear from nowhere, and there's a sporadic shimmering effect in certain areas. Presentational sloppiness is pervasive. Menus suffer from noticeable delays, sluggish transitions and weird little inconsistencies. Even the claim of no loading times isn't strictly true - though they're appreciably brief, interstitial shots of leaderboards, your golfer and close-ups of the next hole number stall you from teeing off.

At least the commentary from Rich Lerner and Frank Nobilo offers some enlightening facts. I now know, for example, that Tom Watson once won the Open at Royal Troon, that Royal Troon was the site at which Tom Watson won the Open, and that one of the great Open champions at Royal Troon is Tom Watson - all from one 18-hole round. It's a pity they don't have more lines, as their commentary is fine and surprisingly naturalistic - there are even a couple of minor stumbles and grammatical flubs which sound like normal conversation rather than obviously scripted soundbites (though you'll still hear a few of those).

All of these problems are undoubtedly damaging, and all the more irritating for the fact that underneath it all it still plays a solid game of golf. The tutorial, or Prologue, is a nice bit of business which takes you through the three different swing types while allowing you to play key moments from the closing stages of a tightly-fought Open as McIlroy faces off against Martin Kaymer. Key shots and holes are interspersed with observations from the man himself delivered to camera. It's a neat idea that gives you a sense of occasion that's missing elsewhere. How odd that EA Tiburon should reserve it for the tutorial.

Also worth noting is the degree with which you can customise your swing. I'm a fan of the classic three-click system employed in many other golf games, though the gauge moves a little too slowly for my tastes here, and so I quickly reverted to the traditional analogue swing. As someone who played Tiger for many years on PlayStation 2 and 3, I was initially surprised at how sensitive it was - the comparative lack of deadzone on the DualShock 4 means any slight deviation from a perfectly straight down-and-up motion can see you slice drives into the heavy rough - though once you've acclimatised, you'll likely want to switch to Tour mode, which is more responsive and complex still, while offering fewer aim assists. The grid overlay on greens still doesn't give you the most useful read of the topography of the putting surface, and so I retained the aiming guideline for putting - even though it's actively unhelpful for any shot that breaks both ways on its way to the hole. Still, EA Sports isn't the only developer that needs to work on its short game, and I appreciated the ability to remove the training wheels at my own pace.

Strangely, one of the most successful additions is the one that feels most out of place. The Night Club Challenge provides a number of bite-sized objectives with a variety of outlandish power-ups and features like turbo boosts, portals and sticky balls. Some stages are more like croquet than golf, while one objective, where you manually guide your ball through rings to top-up boost power en route to distant score markers, fleetingly reminded me of the brilliant Monkey Target. With three stars to collect on each challenge, it feels as if it was designed as a mobile spin-off - and might actually be a better fit on smartphones.

Its inclusion can be read one of two ways. Perhaps it was added to bulk up an otherwise insubstantial package, or perhaps EA Sports is targeting an audience which doesn't actually like the real sport that much. There's further evidence of this elsewhere: the default option for Career mode is Quick Rounds, which only lets you play "the most important holes" while determining your progress elsewhere based on your existing stats and form.

The assumption seems to be that most players won't have the desire or the stamina to play a full round - though in light of the limited number of courses, it may simply be a way to minimise repetition. Either way, EA Tiburon has produced a game hardly befitting a player of McIlroy's talents. The so-called "next generation of golf" looks uncomfortably similar to the last, and there's substantially less of it. Only the quality of the underlying game saves this from the ignominy of an Avoid sticker.

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Rory McIlroy PGA Tour Golf Tips from the Devs: Sink That Putt

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Drive farther, chip better, putt closer. Be the ball.

We asked the Rory McIlroy PGA Tour development team to share their best gameplay tips.

Developer: Brent Nielson, Executive Producer

The Perfect Putt Putting is the cornerstone of golf, and of Rory McIlroy PGA TOUR . A long drive on a Par 4 is all the sweeter if you’re in striking distance of a birdie, and nothing feels better than sinking a 25-foot putt.

“Pay close attention to the putt read line,” says Nielson. “That is going to show you the exact break and line that the putt will take to the hole. From that, it will be on you to adjust your aim, to account for break in the putt (either right or left) as well as elevation (uphill or downhill) and give yourself the best chance at making the putt.”

Secondly, Nielson recommends paying attention to the weight of your putt. “You will want to adjust your aim distance in or out -- depending on whether the putt is uphill or downhill -- one foot for every one inch of elevation change on your putt.” If you have a 20 foot putt that is 5 inches uphill, then you would roughly move your aimer out to 25 feet to account for that elevation change in the putt.

Don’t be discouraged if you miss your birdie attempt. “Just like in real life,” says Nielson, “it will take a lot of practice to really get a handle of the feel of putting – and that is exactly what the key to putting success is – it’s all about getting the right feel for putting.  And that comes with repetition of playing several rounds, and attempting many putts.”  

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Rory McIlroy and caddie Harry Diamond on Thursday on the 11th hole at Muirfield Village.

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Rory McIlroy’s ball? It fell left of the water and a red penalty line on Muirfield Village’s 11th hole, then rolled in.

But his penalty drop? 

It came right of the water — and onto the fairway during the Memorial’s first round.

How? Thanks to an “on-this-hole-only” provision, one that previously had been in place universally. 

“It’s a great break for him,” PGA Tour rules official Mark Dusbabek said on Golf Channel’s broadcast. 

The sequence started on McIlroy’s tee shot, which flew left on the 589-yard par-5, hit trees and dropped to the left of a creek and the penalty red line, before trickling in. With wind off the left, the shot was difficult Thursday. In most cases now, as spelled out by Rule 17.1d (3) , the drop would be found starting where the ball last crossed the edge of the red penalty area.

But McIlroy was able to drop to the right of the water — because Model Local Rule 8B-2 was in play. It’s known as opposite-side relief. 

There are maybe some questions here, with one being: Why was the Model Local Rule in effect? Notably, had it not been, McIlroy would’ve had to drop onto the slope leading to the water, and Dusbabek said on Golf Channel’s broadcast that he would’ve had trouble hitting.

“Usually for the red-penalty areas, there is not opposite-side relief available,” Dusbabek said on the broadcast. “However, we instituted it this week on this hole only because the player is seriously disadvantaged by having to drop over there. You see that steep slope there. Rory would be dropping the ball and would be playing down on a steep angle there and be hard to advance the ball. 

“So we introduced that. It’s a great break for him. He’s still going to take one penalty shot for going in the creek, but it’s still a better option here.”

On the USGA’s website, the Model Local Rule is explained this way:

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“Rule 17.1 gives a player the option to take lateral relief or back-on-the-line relief based on where his or her ball last crossed the edge of a red penalty area. But in some cases (for example, due to the location of the red penalty area right next to a course boundary), those options may leave the player with no reasonable option other than to take stroke-and-distance relief.”

But hadn’t opposite-side relief once been in play across the board? It had. On the broadcast, analyst Frank Nobilo noted that, too. 

So why the change?

On its website, the USGA explained it this way :

“Opposite side relief was a complicated option that many players were not familiar with and that was seldom used.

“The primary purpose behind this relief previously was to give an extra relief option for the unusual cases where neither back-on-the-line relief (Rule 26-1b) nor lateral relief on the side where the ball entered the water hazard (Rule 26-1c(i)) seemed viable and the player’s only realistic option was to take relief under penalty of stroke and distance (Rule 26-1a).

“In practice, opposite side relief was often taken when a player actually had adequate relief under one or both of the other relief options and thus served only to give an unnecessary extra option that at times could seem too advantageous.

“This change also helps avoid any concern that, with the expanded use of red penalty areas, a player might be able to use the opposite side option to drop on the green side of the penalty area, thereby avoiding the challenge of having to play over the penalty area.”

One more question: 

Did McIlroy take advantage? 

Not quite. After his drop, from about 290 yards out, he tried to hook a 3-wood toward the green, but it dropped into the trees on the right. From there, he pitched on and two-putted for a bogey, and he finished with a two-under 70, which was four back of leader Adam Hadwin .  

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If you haven't created a player yet you will have to do this before you start your Pro Tour. Once you've designed your player you will have to pick your bonus, this is basically the style of play that your player will use. I picked power to start off with but you can pick what you like.

The next thing you want to do is to go to 'Career History' then 'Round Type' and set it to quick rounds. By doing this you only play the important holes in stead of full 18 hole rounds. You still have to complete the 4 rounds in a tournament but it will be 4 or 5 holes as oppose to 18.

Web.com Tour Championship

This is the first event you play, it's like a qualifier to see who can qualify for a PGA tour card. Make sure you do quite well. Top 20 should be good enough but aim to win it. It took a score of -6/-7 on short rounds to win for me. If you place high enough you will unlock.

Earn your PGA TOUR card

Career Builder Challenge

This next event isn't a PGA event either but it will give you some ranking points for competing. This is held on the TPC Sawgrass course which is a very difficult to course to do well on so don't worry about winning this it is not as important. Just do your best. It was -14/-15 to win and I came 3rd.

Bioware Classic

This is an easier course to play so you should aim to win this event. On my game it was -10/-11 to win. As this is a PGA Tour event if you win you will get.

Win a PGA TOUR event

Now I chose to skip the next event, you don't have to play every event however you have to be careful with this as you want to aim to be top of the FedEx points by the end of the season and there is an achievement for being top of the EA Sports rankings a one point during the season. To view your rankings go to 'Career History' > 'Rankings'. You can look at both tables here. I would recommend looking at these often, especially the FedEx as the #1 EA Sport ranking should come naturally if you are doing well.

Arnold Palmer Invitational

This is the next event I played. You don't have to win these smaller events as there are no achievements tied to them however the more you play and the better you do the more ranking points you will accumulate. -19/-20 to win on this one.

If you won that last event you should be on around 1000 FedEx points and be around 300 to 400 ahead of second place. I would recommend that you aim to stay about this far ahead throughout the season, so you need to chose if you want to skip certain events or not but I will list all the events that I played and when there is an achievement tied to winning. Just be wary that you might do better or worse than me so might need to play more or less events than me.

At this point if you're struggling to win maybe try adjusting your gameplay style to 'Classic' or 'Arcade' or adjust your custom style to easier settings.

EA Sports Invitational

I skipped 2 events to get to this. There is an achievement tied to winning this tournament so make sure you win if not you'll have to do another season to get to this point and try again. One thing you should consider if you're struggling is setting the round type to 'Full Rounds' this will give you more chances to get a better score and it will be a lot easier to win. Obviously this takes a lot longer but what you can do is do 2 or 3 rounds on quick rounds then see where you are, if you don't think you're going to win then set the last round to full and blow away the competition.

You may or may not have noticed but you will have started to unlock better equipment. If you go to 'Equipment' then 'Optimize Clubs' it will automatically equip the best clubs that you currently have. You can do all this manually by going through all your equipment and setting it to what you want. Do that if you please but I chose to save time and just use the optimize clubs feature.

-9/-10 was about the score required to win and if you do you will bag yourself an achievement.

Win the EA SPORTS Spring Invitational

You should be way ahead in the FedEx rankings by this point.

I skipped the next 2 events and the next one I played was.

The Players Championship

You don't need to win this event but it provides some good points for the rankings. Required about -14/-15 to win this for me.

Now at this point I was seconds in both of the ranking tables so I chose to play the next small event. It is up to you if you want to or not, you don't have to play all the same events as I did.

Peach Invitational

I chose to play this and it was -11/-12 to win.

This is the second major so therefore another achievement for winning, remember to optimize your clubs before you start. This is a tough course to play so don't be afraid to set the last round or 2 to full rounds to help. It took a score of -3/-4 to win here. Good luck. If you win you should also now have reached number 1 in the EA rankings therefore double achievement! If you don't manage it this time you will in the next couple of events you win.

Win the U.S. Open

Reach #1 in EASG Rankings

I skipped all the way up to next major event which is The Open. This means there is another achievement for winning this so remember the tips from the previous majors and you shouldn't have any trouble. The course is a lot easier for this event and to be honest it should be fairly easy for you. About -13/-14 to win on this.

Win The Open Championship

Now if you have managed to get the Number 1 ranking achievement and you are way ahead in the FedEx points then I would just skip straight up to the next major which is the PGA Championship. This is what I did but if you need to play another event don't be afraid to do so as it can only help as you don't want to have to play another season.

PGA Championship

Now play this and make sure you win to earn another achievement. Took a score of about -13/-14 to win for me.

Win the PGA Championship

At this point you should only have the FedEx cup achievements left to win in Pro Tour mode. I skipped the next 2 events which were EA charity invitational and Pittsburgh Invitational.

The next 3 events are all FedEx Play Off events. This does not mean you need to play them to earn the achievement however they offer a lot of points to the winner so be wary that someone may overtake you if you don't play them. My advice would be to look at the rankings after every event just to be sure. I personally only played 1 of the Play Off events as Rory McIlroy overtook me at one point. You do not need to go into the final event leading the standings but it would guarantee you the achievement after that event. I was 2nd in the rankings but I beat the player ahead of me in the Finale so that ensured I overtook him in the rankings.

Tour Championship

This is the final event of the season and you must play and win this to get the last achievement. You will only get this if you are number 1 in the FedEx cup points after this event as well.

To get this you have to:

• Win the Tour Championship
• Be at number 1 in the FedEx rankings after the last event.

This took a score of about -15/-16 to win for me and once you have won this you will have finished Pro Tour mode.

Win the FedExCup

Now just one section left to do which is Challenge Mode.

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Rory McIlroy Part of Meeting Between PIF and PGA Tour: Optimistic Forecasts

S peculations and anticipation had been building in the weeks leading up to the crucial meeting, as stakeholders awaited a resolution to the PGA Tour-LIV Golf conflict. The gathering of such influential figures from the golfing world, coupled with representatives from the Public Investment Fund (PIF), hinted at the importance and potential outcomes of the discussions.

Jay Monahan , PGA Tour Commissioner, brought with him the weight of the organization's interests and the expectations of players, fans, and sponsors alike. Alongside him, Yasir Al-Rumayyan , the governor of the PIF, was also one of the key people.

The presence of Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy cause a mix of reactions, mostly positive ones. As two of the most iconic and accomplished golfers of their generation, their voices carried weight in shaping the future of professional golf. Their attendance stressed the importance of finding common ground and creating a path forward that would benefit all.

Amidst the media headlines surrounding the meeting, a lot of information emerged, hinting at the progress being made behind closed doors. While details remained lacking, the overall feeling seemed cautiously optimistic.

As the discussions continued, the last deadline of December 31st added a sense of urgency to the negotiations. Both sides understood the importance of resolving the end of the year to avoid further uncertainty and disruption to the golfing calendar.

Rory McIlroy: Yeah, it was really good

Rory McIlroy , in a media interview, emphasized that the negotiations were productive, stating that everything seemed "really good." He expressed hope that things would move in a positive direction, anticipating a final agreement between the PIF and the PGA Tour. McIlroy, like most, refrained from discussing details, but he remained optimistic that the outcome would be favorable for both golfers and fans.

"Yeah, very productive, very constructive, very collaborative. I think those are probably three words I would use to describe it (the meeting). Yeah, it was really good. Definitely things are heading in the right direction. A lot of progress was made. I can't really say much more than that, but it was really positive". - Rory McIlroy said, as quoted by Golf Monthly.

The 35-year-old golfer admitted that the negotiations lasted for three hours, but also that there was a prior call which also lasted a long time. This speaks volumes about the readiness of both sides to find common ground and reach an agreement. McIlroy believes that huge progress has been made, which is encouraging for all parties involved. Many are optimistic that the best solution will indeed be found for all sides.

"So the meeting with PIF was three hours, but then the prep call before that was an hour and a half, so probably, like, four and a half hours. I would say -- maybe not surprised, but maybe more encouraged. I think a lot of progress had sort of been made. But, yeah, definitely encouraged." - he continued.

In explaining the nature of the discussions, McIlroy shed light on the complexities involved, particularly pertaining to financial and legal aspects. He clarified that the frequent calls, averaging three per week, were primarily focused on matters concerning the investment committee and SSG. However, he mentioned that the recent discussion was more centered on the broader scope of the game's future and vision. McIlroy observed noteworthy strides in this regard, indicating a positive trajectory in the negotiations.

In discussing the Public Investment Fund (PIF) and its philosophy, McIlroy reflected on their status as a sovereign wealth fund seeking both investment opportunities and profitability. He emphasized that while he wasn't certain the PIF was currently making substantial profits, he believed progress would be made. McIlroy expressed optimism that if a mutual understanding could be reached, both sides could embark on a unified future that would be beneficial for golf fans. Additionally, McIlroy highlighted a disparity between recreational golf and professional golf, stressing that more people play the game recreationally than watch it on TV.

What can we expect in the future when it comes to golf?

McIlroy's comments highlighted the constant conversation within the golfing world about how the sport needs to evolve and adapt to changing demographics and preferences. As the game continues to grow, finding innovative ways to balance tradition with modernization will be essential to keep it relevant and appealing to future generations of fans.

There is a growing concern among golf industry experts that younger fans are becoming less interested in watching the sport. They stress the importance of making golf more engaging and exciting to capture the attention of the younger generation. This trend highlights the urgent need for innovative approaches to broadcasting and marketing the game to ensure it remains attractive to all age groups.

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Rory McIlroy comes into the 2024 the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday at Muirfield Village GC with +900 odds to win after a fourth-place showing in the RBC Canadian Open at Hamilton Golf & Country Club May 30 – June 2 in his last action.

In his 20 events during the past year, McIlroy has three wins and an average finish of 13th, with nine top fives.

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• McIlroy hopes to qualify for the weekend for the 21st straight time.
• Over his last five appearances, McIlroy has finished within three shots of the leader twice and carded a score that’s better than average five times.
• He has an average score of -9 across his last five events.
• McIlroy has claimed victory once while also earning two top-five finishes over his last five appearances.
• McIlroy has posted five straight under-par rounds while also finishing with a better-than-average score in five straight.
• In McIlroy’s last 10 appearances at this event, he’s made it to the weekend eight times.

McIlroy’s recent results

• RBC Canadian Open: 66-72-65-64 (-13) – Finished fourth
• PGA Championship: 66-71-68-67 (-12) – Finished 12th
• Wells Fargo Championship: 67-68-67-65 (-17) – Finished first
• RBC Heritage: 67-68-68-74 (-7) – Finished 33rd
• The Masters: 71-77-71-73 (+4) – Finished 22nd

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