McIlroy plans to skip BMW PGA Championship

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Rory McIlroy will miss the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth this month in a further blow to the European Tour’s “flagship” event.

McIlroy is defending his title in the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow this week and will then contest the Players Championship and Dubai Duty Free Irish Open, an event hosted by his own foundation.

That means the BMW PGA Championship, which he won in 2014, would have been a fourth tournament in a row and the world No. 3 had previously indicated he was not keen on such a schedule following the ankle injury he suffered in …

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