McIlroy: 'If you believe in something you have to speak up, and I believe very strongly about this'

"It's going to be hard for me to stomach going to Wentworth in a couple of weeks' time and seeing 18 of them there. That just doesn't sit right with me"

LEADER: McIlroy during the final round of the TOUR Championship at East Lake in Atlanta. Pic: Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

How do you define a season? Is Rory McIlroy’s 2022 (so far) a disappointment because he failed to capitalize on so many chances to win a major championship? Is it a success because he rallied to win the Tour Championship and the season-long FedEx Cup chase?

Or is Rory McIlroy’s year heroic because he stepped up as a leader to help safeguard the future of PGA Tour?