Rory McIlroy was investigated to avoid the media throughout the PGA championship, and reinforced the debate over whether golfers should be obliged to talk to the press after round.
McIlroy’s press conference before tournament Wednesday was the only time we heard from World # 2, who refused to talk to the media after each round of his bound 47. Finish.
The decision left journalists and Golffans with unanswered questions about McIlroy’s worst result of the season, five weeks from the Grand Slam success as well as without any answer to the story of his driver, considered “non-conforming” and having to be replaced prior to the event.
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McIlroy is the latest PGA Tour player in recent months to decide not to be interviewed after round, with Collin Morikawa not talking after missing out on Arnold Palmer Invitational Victory and Shane Lowry falling media after not winning the Truist championship.
Morikawa later admitted that he ‘would not talk to anyone’ and that he ‘doesn’t owe anyone’ after his almost miss Bay Hill, and then insisted that he doesn’t regret anything when he came under further criticism.
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When he spoke ahead of the masters, Collin Morikawa stood by his recent criticism of the media and suggested that they often have not been interested in him despite being one of the world’s best players
Talking after the PGA championship, former Ryder Cup -Captain Paul McGinley told Golf Channel: “My view is very clear, I said that about Collin Morikawa, and I will say that about other players, I will say that about Rory McIlroy, I don’t like it when they don’t do interviews.
“I don’t think it’s good for the game, I don’t think it’s good for their persona. Rory is very popular and you risk undoing a lot of popularity when you don’t speak, no matter what his reasons were.”
Should players get more time?
McIlroy has earlier experience leaving without talking to the media after a severe loss, after skipping interviews after round when he lost to Bryson DeChambeau in the US Open last June, with the Northern Irish who backed up Morikawa’s view ahead of Masters.
“Reach [Morikawa] It’s true, not that I think he could have formulated it a little better, “McIlroy said at Augusta National.” See any other athlete, whether in the NBA or NFL, they are obliged to talk to you after a game and we are not.
“So whether it is something that PGA Tour seems and puts it in their rules and rules, but as long as it is not the case and we have the opportunity to opt out of it when we want, you can expect guys to do it from time to time.”
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Lowry rejected interviews at the Truist championship after two bogeys in his last three holes saw him lose to Sepp Straka, a month from questioning the media tasks that golfers face immediately after completing their round.
“I think we need time,” he said after his last round of Masters. “I think I need half an hour now to sit there and gather my thoughts. I can’t come to talk to you right away. It wasn’t going to happen. I don’t agree with that.
“Tennis players have to talk to the media, but they have half an hour or hour before they have to do it. I feel we should have the same thing. That’s how I feel. I would probably say something stupid. I’ve probably already said something stupid because I’m p ***** from right now.”
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Do players deserve the right to skip media?
McIlroy has been open with the media throughout his career, with his PGA championship performance, which is believed to be the first time he has chosen against talking to the media in all four rounds of a major.
“Why do you want to talk to someone who is out of top 100?” Sky Sports’ Ewen Murray said at Sky Sports Golf Podcast and reflected on McIlroy’s opening round 74 at Quail Hollow. “Why shouldn’t you go and talk to another player?
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“My question to the press would be, why do you want to talk to McIlroy when there are 107 players in front of him? He makes the clip on the brand and 74 players make the clip, but why do you want to talk to McIlroy when you get players in the first, second, third and fourth?
“You don’t always have to talk to McIlroy. He doesn’t have a good Saturday – but why do you want to talk to him on Saturday as Scottie Scheffler has just played five of the biggest holes you’ll ever see?
“There were one or two other players in violation that many thought wouldn’t be – these are interesting stories. A lot of spectators, Golfans, wouldn’t know who Davis Riley is. They wouldn’t know who Jhonattan Vegas is, so let’s hear from them.
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Collin Morikawa hit the media after criticism for not giving interviews to the press after Arnold Palmer Invitational Final Round, where he lost to Russell Henley
“Why do you want to talk to Rory when he’s out early on Sunday and he’s done before Scottie Scheffler goes to the first tee? There’s nothing to say in these situations.
“If he was up there first, second and third, I would fully understand what you want to know how he is doing, how he plays, what mistakes he made, what big shots he hit. But not when he’s so far back, so I’m on McIlroy’s side for it.”
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