Rory McIlroy opts out of Tournament of Champions at Kapalua

Rory McIlroy. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Golf’s Sentry Tournament of Champions will have a record field of 42 players when it begins Thursday at the Kapalua Plantation course in Lahaina, Hawaii.

Typically, the field is made up of winners from the previous year. But because of the number of tournaments lost due to the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, the top 30 players in the FedExCup standings from last year also were invited.