Rory McILroy made his debut in 2025 PGA Tour this week at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. It comes in the heels of its TGL beginnings and also from its opening match of the season at the DP World Tour, which took place a few weeks ago.
Overall, golf content and competition have never been so easily available for the consumer. Between the austere increase in the creators of YouTube, three major professional circuits in the male game and a simulation league during prime time, fans have a wide range of options in front of them. Although the general consensus seems to be the best, sometimes more is just more and constant additions can really subtract from the main attraction.
“I think that (the PGA Tour product) has already been (reduced),” said McILroy. “You know, I think it has already been reduced. I would say, yes, look, the only thing like … TGL is only two months. You get this kind of great brilliance in January, February and a little March , so it’s done.
“But, look, I would prefer from afar to sit down and watch the real golfers play real tournaments, and that’s just my opinion. It is more entertaining for me. But I understand that other people want something Different, and that’s quite well. “”
The ideas to spice up the entertainment product have already been presented by the peers of McILroy. Justin Thomas wrote a letter last week to the members of the PGA Tour to be more open with their time with regard to any diffusion improvements such as prior interviews, walks and various other obligations.
These changes or additions would generally be satisfied with the Youtube golf course where the creators are microphones for the whole round, provide information and analyzes on the golf at hand and leave their hair between the two. While the PGA Tour and the professional golf cannot change the rounds to integrate it into a more timely window, McILroy thinks that he always has the Cardée of the ultimate Trump: the real competition between the best in the world.
“It’s difficult. I think, look, we have seen, like the Youtube golf, for example, exploding in the past two years,” said McILroy. “People will say that it is more entertaining than perhaps a part of the competition golf that exists, but it is more relatable because you are looking at guys who may have a capacity similar to what the general public has . in mind.
“I think that in yourself should be entertaining for people, but I think that nowadays, you know, it has become a hobby to denigrate golf and where golf is and it is entertaining, n ‘Is it not entertaining.
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McILroy hesitated to provide other ideas on the means of improving persistent problems in professional golf course, such as rhythm of play. He reluctantly offered the possibility of reducing field sizes in order to reduce the time of rounds, but noted that it was going to be accompanied by possibilities of play limiting its peers. Overall, the quadruple major champion seems satisfied with the place where golf is located and is satisfied with his playing game as entertaining.
“I really like the way golf is and I think many other people do it too, but I still understand criticism of how the entertainment could improve,” said McILroy. “This is a multifaceted thing, and I think that the rhythm of play is one thing. The accessibility of the players and all that is what we are talking about, but it takes a while to put this kind of ball moving.
“These are all the things that have been launched. Know, I hope people find it entertaining, and if not, so I don’t know what to say to them.”
