Rory McIlroy has withdrawn from this week’s PGA Tour event, the RBC Heritage at Hilton Head in South Carolina.<\/span><\/p>\n No reason was given for the withdrawal of the world number three as it was announced by the PGA Tour.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n The Northern Irishman, 33, shot rounds of 72 and 77 to miss the cut at last week’s Masters by two shots – his ninth attempt to complete the career Grand Slam at Augusta National.<\/span><\/p>\n The RBC Heritage is among the PGA Tour’s designated events.<\/span><\/p>\n Players ranked in the top 20 of the circuit’s Player Impact Program (PIP) – created to reward players for boosting engagement and publicity in the PGA Tour – are allowed to skip only one designated event per season. <\/span><\/p>\n McIlroy has already sat out the season-opening Sentry Tournament of Champions in January.<\/span><\/p>\n This second absence could potentially cost him bonus money from the PIP, which is distributed at the end of the PGA Tour season and which earned McIlroy \u00a37.5m in 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n Former world number one Jason Day, who was on the fringes of contention at Augusta, has also pulled out of this week’s event.<\/span><\/p>\n McIlroy won the last of his four majors in 2014 but claiming the Masters would have made him only the sixth player to complete the men’s career Grand Slam.<\/span><\/p>\n He went into the tournament with four wins on the PGA Tour in the past 10 months and with many suggesting this would finally be the year he achieved golfing immortality.<\/span><\/p>\n
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