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Rory McIlroy committed to playing the FedExCup Playoffs opener at The Northern Trust, the PGA Tour announced after The Open Championship last month.
But McIlroy left the PGA Championship last week saying he might need to skip the opener to regroup, and that’s just what he is doing.
McIlroy wasn’t on The Northern Trust field list published Friday on the PGA Tour’s website.
“I need to assess where I'm at,” McIlroy said leaving Bellerive last week. “I think the best thing for me to do right now is just sort of take a couple days off, reflect on what I need to do going forward.