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Rory McIlroy: International players should have traveled, quarantined for Tour events

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. – The Official World Golf Ranking’s decision to unfreeze the rankings with last week’s PGA Tour restart at Colonial wasn’t a popular one for some European players.

With the European Tour’s schedule still on hold until late next month, the decision to restart the ranking will impact international players who don’t make the trip to the United States to compete, a group that seems to include Lee Westwood.

In response to a tweet about the strength of last week’s field at Colonial the Englishman responded, “Easily the best anywhere in the world this week!