“A Scary Proposition”: Days After Disagreeing with PGA Tour’s Latest Decision, Rory McIlroy Opens Up About His Health “Wake Up Call”

In the sports world, a wrong injury, unfortunate timing, and a hampered comeback can threaten to jeopardize an athlete’s career. One such player who came close to losing it all is the PGA Tour golfer, Rory McIlroy. However, he recently talked to Golf Digest about his journey and his sudden wake-up call. McIlroy explained how despite suffering from a major injury he was able to pull himself back from a dark place.

Rory McIlroy chose to focus on his wake-up call

When your body talks to you, you must listen. McIlroy understood this fact a few years ago. Around 2009, the year of his first showing at the Masters, McIlroy started to experience back pain. Although it had previously come and gone, it was now different, abruptly sharper—and lingering longer. The pro golfer tells Golf Digest in an exclusive interview. “I played in the Masters and missed the cut. The back really wasn’t feeling good.”

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When he had the injury, his doctor told him that if he didn’t start taking care of himself, his career would be jeopardized, “

That was a wake-up call for me.” And this raised the question about his exercise routine and diet. According to McIlroy’s honest answer, he did not have a regimen. Strolling 18 holes was the most activity he would have. He also followed the usual teenage diet of lots of fried food, burgers, pizza, soda, and a few vegetables. “Looking back on it, in a way, it was not good. But it led me down a path where I really needed to reassess what I was doing,” the pro added.

After the doctor’s advice, the former number one said, “You’ve got a guy that sees thousands of backs a year, and he’s telling you that if you don’t start looking after yourself that the career that you thought was going to last 30 years might only last 10. That’s a pretty scary proposition.” McIlroy confessed that he didn’t take that aspect of things seriously at all during that time. But later, he understood that he had to move forward. It was a significant lesson to learn. And the results are evident.

McIlroy calls out the PGA Tour

The PGA Tour has disappointed fans as the WGC Match Play comes to a forever end. Despite Match Play tournaments having a very special spot in the hearts of the fans, the American Tour is not planning to continue hosting them, according to reports. But there was a ray of hope, thanks to Rory McIlroy, who recently offered a fresh viewpoint on the PGA Tour’s match play competitions. He said, “Hopefully it’s not in the rearview mirror for too long. It’s not on the schedule for 2024, but that’s not to say that it won’t be on the schedule for 2025.”

We hope that 2025 will be a different and a favorable schedule. He further added, “Match play is the purest form of the game and for the biggest tour in the world not to play a match play event would be a real shame.”

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