McIlroy will play with world primary Scottie Scheffler on the BMW Championship, teeing off at 16:16 BST on Thursday.
The occasion marks McIlroy’s first motion since ending in a tie for seventh on the Open Championship at Royal Portrush in July, after he skipped the FedEx St Jude Championship in Memphis final week – the opening play-off occasion of the PGA Tour season.
The five-time main winner was criticised by some sections of the media for lacking the occasion, however defended the choice given his schedule for the rest of the 12 months.
McIlroy, who additionally famous that different gamers “aren’t 18 years into their skilled careers”, will play on the Irish Open subsequent month earlier than heading to the DP World India Championship in October and the Australian Open in December.
“I really feel like I am in type of a unique place to a number of the guys. I am taking part in 9 occasions between now and the tip of the 12 months so I’ve nonetheless bought a reasonably busy stretch developing,” he stated.
“I feel that additional week off will do me good with the occasions developing – some massive occasions which can be vital to me. Irish Open, [the BMW PGA Championship at] Wentworth, clearly the Ryder Cup, and I need to try to win my seventh Race to Dubai.
“There’s some issues which can be nonetheless vital to me that I need to go and play in. That was an enormous a part of the explanation why I took the week off final week.”
