Golf: McIlroy to miss PGA Grand Slam

McIlroy had already committed to the European Tour’s BMW Masters in China.

BERMUDA: PGA Championship winner Rory McIlroy will be a conspicuous absentee from the elite end-of-season PGA Grand Slam of Golf in Bermuda in October due to a scheduling conflict, said organisers. McIlroy, who clinched his second major title by a staggering eight shots at Kiawah Island earlier this month, had already committed to the European Tour’s BMW Masters in China, the PGA of America said in a statement. The PGA Grand Slam of Golf, a 36-hole strokeplay event which brings together the winners of the year’s four majors, will be held from October 23 at Bermuda’s Port Royal Golf Course. American Keegan Bradley will replace world number one McIlroy in Bermuda where he will defend the title he claimed as the 2011 PGA Championship winner.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 30^th, 2012.