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Rory McILroy finished his big career home last month. The title champion of the Masters recently arrived in Charlotte for the second major of the 2025 season, the PGA championship.
McILroy finished the tournament in equality of three for 47th place, ending the major in 3. Sunday, the last day of the tournament, also marked the fourth consecutive day of McILroy to refuse to speak with the members of the media assembled at the Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte.
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Rory McILroy reacts to his putt on the fourth hole in the first round of the Golf Tournament in the PGA championship in Quail Hollow. (Jim Dedmon-Imagn images)
Speculations swirl that the Northern Irishman avoided making public statements in the press in the light of the situation with his driver leading to the tournament. The United States Golf Association (USGA) judged that the driver of McILroy did not comply. The decision forced Mcilroy to make a change.
The name of McILroy was linked to the failure of the test and ultimately became public knowledge, probably via a leak. USGA policy prevents the organization from disclosing the name of any player who receives a failed test.
Scottie Scheffler won the first PGA career championship
McILroy was ultimately only one of the multiple competitors who was forced to change equipment for the PGA championship.
Xander Schauffele, who won the PGA championship last year, suggested that Scottie Scheffler was also to make a change.
Scottie Scheffler, Rory Mcilroy, Xander Schauffele (Imagn)
“I think Scott wins the tournament, and I think he also went to his backup,” Schauffele told Golfweek. “You see, you don’t even know, because it is so good. We can face it because the (equipment) rehearsals are so good now.”
Scheffler and McILroy are approved by Taylormade. Sunday evening, the brand had not published a public declaration on the drivers of the Golfer.
May 18, 2025; Charlotte, North Carolina: Rory McILroy looks at her shot on the 15th hole in the final of the PGA championship golf tournament in Quail Hollow. (Jim Dedmon-Imagn images)
Schauffele said that the club’s club test helps “protect the integrity of the field”.
“I think they should test everyone’s driver,” he said. “It is not just to test 50 guys. It simply doesn’t make sense if you are there for the mind (of the game). The goal is to protect the integrity of the domain. If you do not test everyone at all levels, I don’t think you protect the whole field.”
In the midst of the controversy, the PGA of America published a declaration.
“We can confirm that the USGA was invited to do club tests at the PGA championship, at the request of the PGA in America,” the statement said. “This test program complies with the same level of support that the USGA provides to the PGA Tour and other championships, as part of their regular programs for pilot tests. The standard process is for about a third of the field to be tested at random as part of the program. This was the case at Quail Hollow this week. In particular for clubs that have a long time.
Scheffler won the PGA championship on Sunday to win the third big victory in his career.
