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Masters champion Rory McIlroy will miss the Memorial Tournament in Ohio next week for the first time since 2017.<\/b><\/p>\n
The event, hosted by Jack Nicklaus, will be held at Muirfield Village from 29 May-1 June.<\/p>\n
It will be the third time this year that the 36-year-old from Northern Ireland has not featured in one of the PGA Tour’s signature events after also skipping The Sentry and the RBC Heritage. <\/p>\n
The world number two has not played since his tied-47th finish at last week’s US PGA Championship where he was the subject of controversy surrounding a “non-conforming driver”<\/a> switched out of his bag before the year’s second major.<\/p>\n McIlroy did not speak to media after any of his four rounds at Quail Hollow. <\/p>\n The five-time major winner had previously said he planned to cut down his schedule this season<\/a> and has already confirmed he will play in India for the first time<\/a> in October before making a return to the Australian Open after an 11-year absence in December. <\/p>\n After two weeks without competitive action, McIlroy will make his return at the Canadian Open on 5 June as he prepares for the season’s third major, the US Open at Oakmont in Pennsylvania, from 12-15 June. <\/p>\n The season’s final signature event, the Travelers Championship, will be staged in Connecticut the following week. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n