[Golf Topic] McIlroy "I am the PGA Tour Player Chairman~"

[Asia Economy Reporter No Woo-rae] ○…World No. 7 Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland, photo) has been elected as the Player Advisory Council Chairman of the PGA Tour.

The PGA Tour announced on the 17th (Korean time) that "McIlroy was elected in the recent new player chairman election." He is the first player chairman in PGA Tour history who is not a U.S. citizen. From next year through 2024, he will also serve as the players' representative on the PGA Tour Policy Board. McIlroy said, "I have played long enough to know the PGA Tour inside out," and added, "I will be helpful at a time when the PGA Tour has formed a strategic alliance with the European Tour."

The PGA Tour is the only major U.S. professional sport without a players' union. The player chairman and the policy board representative are the only channels through which players' interests can be discussed with the commissioner. McIlroy has been praised as a thoughtful, honest, and clear spokesperson, making him a fitting players' representative. However, the player chairman role involves so many responsibilities that it is difficult to fully concentrate on playing. This is expected to be a burden in achieving a career Grand Slam.

McIlroy joined the PGA Tour in 2010 and is a leading representative of Europe. He has won 18 PGA Tour events, including four majors, and has held the world No. 1 ranking. He won the FedEx Cup twice, in 2016 and 2019. He won the 2011 US Open, the 2012 PGA Championship, and the 2014 Open Championship consecutively. If he wins the green jacket at the Masters, he will become the sixth career Grand Slam winner in global golf history.

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