Why Is Rory McIlroy’s PGA Tour Enterprise Shocker Destined to Be a Blunder? Ex-manager’s Brutal Reality Check Resurfaces

In a dramatic turn of events, Rory McIlroy might once again warm the PGA Tour Policy Board chair that he did until November. Per some reports, Webb Simpson’s resignation has opened the doors for the Ulsterman. In fact, the former US Open Champion has explicitly requested that his vacant position be filled by the four-time Major winner. A vote on Wednesday is expected to decide McIlroy’s fate.

While that is on a cliffhanger, for now, it seems there is no doubt about McIlroy’s willingness. Apparently, McIlroy wanted to focus more on his game, which is why he resigned as a player-director in November. Something that his former manager, Andrew ‘Chubby’ Chandler, thought was the right decision. In fact, what he said in an exclusive interview with Essentially Sports, reveals that McIlroy might be making an error in judgment this time.

Why Chandler felt ‘sorry’ for Rory McIlroy

Chandler makes no hiding the fact that the Tour policy board members could’ve and perhaps should’ve done more. For the last two years, in Tiger Woods’s absence, the Ulsterman emerged as the sole gunslinger for the Tour. Chubby Chandler echoed Brandel Chamblee in the EssentiallySports Exclusive.

Chandler, who watched the Full Swing docu-series before fielding questions from Aravind Menon, said, “I thought it was very interesting because it’s it highlighted how wronged Rory had been by the PGA Tour. I mean, he’s been he’s been sat up there. He was the spokesman for 15 months, was very outspoken, bah, bah, bah. And then they didn’t bother to tell him that they were going to pull the rug for under his feet and make him actually pretty stupid.”