4-time Major championship winner and PGA Tour veteran Rory McIlroy was recently part of a Q&A with Kyle Porter on the Normal Sport newsletter. In this Q&A, Porter asked McIlroy many questions about golf, and the duo even touched on the subject of media coverage of golf.

During the Q&A, Porter asked McIlroy what’s the one question he would like to ask the media. Amidst the ongoing talks of a PGA Tour-LIV Golf merger, McIlroy said he would like to ask the media why their coverage of the sport is so negative.

“So I would say the one thing that I… and this isn’t you. There’s certain people in the game that I would say how can I put this? We’re all in this together, right? We’re all in the game of golf together, and we all want to push forward. And I always wonder why some people in the media ask questions that have a negative connotation toward golf, or make golf look bad or put it in a bad light. I get it,” he said.
“I get that it’s human nature and negativity sells. And that’s why CNN is the way it is, and why Fox News is the way it is and all that stuff. But if we’re all in this together and we all know that we can benefit by raising the game up, some people in the media I’d love to ask why their coverage of golf is so negative,” he added.

While Porter said he agrees with Rory McIlroy’s answer, the golfer said that while he gets where the media is coming from, he also mentioned that it’s important to focus on the positives of the game. He also wondered what their incentive is to be so negative at times.

Where did Rory McIlroy play in his recent outing on the professional golf circuit?

In his most recent outing on the professional golf circuit, Rory McIlroy was seen playing at the 2024 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship on the DP World Tour. At the event, McIlroy competed against some of the best golfers from the DP World Tour, PGA Tour, and LIV Golf.

In the four rounds that he played at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, Rory McIlroy carded 69-69-68-68 to finish T25. The Irish golf veteran was tied along with the likes of Padraig Harrington and Robert MacIntyre.

The 2024 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship had a total purse of $5,000,000. While the largest chunk of the share went to the tournament’s winner, Tyrrell Hatton, Rory McIlroy earned $39,744 for his T25 finish.

Here is a detailed list of the payout at the 2024 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship:

1 Tyrrell Hatton $800,000
2 Nicolas Colsaerts $533,330
3 Tommy Fleetwood $300,480
T4 Rasmus Neergaard-Peterson $203,840
T4 David Puig $203,840
T4 Robin Williams $203,840
T7 Tom Valliant $123,840
T7 Haotong Li $123,840
T7 Jon Rahm $123,840
T10 Matthew Jordan $92,160
T10 Brooks Koepka $92,160
T12 Kazuma Kobori $71,178
T12 Darren Fichardt $71,178
T12 Niklas Norgaard $71,178
T12 Thorbjorn Oleson $71,178
T12 Shane Lowry $71,178
T12 Alex Noren $71,178
T12 Dean Burmester $71,178
T19 Peter Uihlein $55,200
T19 Adrien Saddier $55,200
T19 David Micheluzzi $55,200
T19 Jorge Campillo $55,200
T19 Yannik Paul $55,200
T19 Louis Albertse $55,200
T25 Maximilian Rottluff $39,744
T25 James Ashfield $39,744
T25 Jens Dantorp $39,744
T25 Daniel Hillier $39,744
T25 Callum Shinkwin $39,744
T25 Robert MacIntyre $39,744
T25 Rory McIlroy $39,744
T25 Padraig Harrington $39,744
T25 Andrew Putnam $39,744
T25 Scott Jamieson $39,744
T35 Jordan Smith $28,975
T35 Todd Clements $28,975
T35 Branden Grace $28,975
T35 Joost Luiten $28,975
T35 Matthew Baldwin $28,975
T35 Grant Forrest $28,975
T35 Patrick Reed $28,975
T35 Connor Syme $28,975
T43 Matthew Southgate $23,520
T43 John Parry $23,520
T43 Fabrizio Zanotti $23,520
T43 Tom McKibbin $23,520
T43 Wilco Nienaber $23,520
T43 Matt Wallace $23,520
T43 Richard Mansell $23,520
T43 Sam Jones $23,520
T43 Francesco Laporta $23,520
T43 Marcus Armitage $23,520
T43 Matthis Besard $23,520
T54 Yurav Premlall $15,235
T54 Robert Rock $15,235
T54 Thriston Lawrence $15,235
T54 Daniel Brown $15,235
T54 John Cameron $15,235
T54 Lorenzo Scalise $15,235
T54 Jesper Svensson $15,235
61 Justin Harding $14,000
62 Matthieu Pavon $13,500
63 Shubhankar Sharma $13,000
T64 Sebastian Soderberg $12,250
T64 Alex Fitzpatrick $12,250
T64 Sung Kang $12,250
T64 David Law $12,250
T68 James Nicholas $10,250
T68 Kiradech Aphibardrat $10,250
T68 Adrian Otaegui $10,250
T68 Sean Crocker $10,250

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