Rory McIlroy is returning from a brief sabbatical at this week’s BMW Championship, yet most of the questions towards the career Grand Slam winner had an eye towards next month’s Ryder Cup. Specifically,

Rory McIlroy makes his 2025 FedEx Cup Playoffs debut this week at the BMW Championship -- a week later than everyone else in the field. The world No. 2 returns for his first competitive outing since The Open (hosted in his home country of Northern Ireland), playing in the United States for the first time in two months.

Rory McIlroy believes the Ryder Cup has become too big of an event for a captain to play in the matches and said Wednesday he already shot down the idea when approached about doing it himself someday.