McIlroy had been trying to re-join the PGA Tour’s policy board after initially stepping down last November.
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Itdoesn’tappearasifRoryMcIlroyisre-joiningthePGATour’spolicyboardafterall.
McIlroytoldreportersTuesdayatQuailHollow,siteofthisweek’sWellsFargoChampionship,thatsomeboardmemberswere“maybeuncomfortable”withMcIlroycomingbackonboard,andthataftersome“prettymessy”conversationshewasmovingon.
“There’sbeenalotofconversations,”McIlroysaid.“SortofremindedmepartlywhyI[lefttheboardinthefirstplace].Soyeah,Ithinkitjustgotprettycomplicatedandprettymessy,andIthinkwiththewayithappened,Ithinkitopenedupsomeoldwoundsandscartissuefromthingsthathavehappenedbefore.Ithinktherewasasubsetofpeopleontheboardthatweremaybeuncomfortablewithmecomingbackonforsomereason.Yeah,Ithinkthatthebestcourseofactionisif,youknow,there’ssomepeopleontherethataren’tcomfortablewithmecomingbackon,thenIthinkWebb[Simpson]juststaysonandseesouthisterm,andIthinkhe’sgottentoaplacewherehe’sco
