Requested what number of tournaments is just too many in a single 12 months, McIlroy replied: “27. I am often type of like a 22 type of individual. However once more, that was after I was type of in my 20s and did not have the duties that I do now.
“I will attempt to reduce it again to love 18 or 20 a 12 months going ahead, I believe.”
The world quantity three nonetheless has a variety of tournaments left to participate in throughout the the rest of the 12 months, together with subsequent week’s Irish Open at Royal County Down and the Alfred Dunhill Hyperlinks at St Andrews in October.
“My season isn’t over, clearly. I’ve nonetheless received 5 occasions left to play,” he stated.
“However yeah, it has been, I really feel just like the tournaments got here thick and quick, and clearly with the Olympics thrown in there, as effectively, this 12 months, it type of condensed all the pieces a bit.”