Rory McIlroy's focus for 2019 is the United States. Specifically, the PGA Tour.
That is why, for the first time, McIlroy is competing in this week's Sentry Tournament of Champions in Hawaii, an event he previously qualified for six times but skipped.
And that is why McIlroy, who is from Northern Ireland, is unlikely to play an event in Europe on his home tour until July.
"My life is here,'' McIlroy told reporters at Kapalua, where the first event of 2019 begins on Thursday. "I have an American wife [Erica]. I live in America [South Florida].