The four-time major champion has a lot of thoughts on the state of pro golf but said “we shouldn’t try to dumb down golf to appeal to more people.”

Gary Young, the PGA Tour’s senior vice president of rules and competition, said players and fans have suggested they could help pace-of-play issues.

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Rory McIlroy has suggested that the PGA Tour could scale back the number of tournaments it stages each year in order to combat “fatigue” among golf’s fanbase.

Rory McIlroy said Tuesday he understands how the golf consumer might be fatigued with all the different forms of the game that now exist and even suggested lessening the number of events on the PGA Tour could help.

Rory McIlroy believes that golf fans could become "fatigued" by the wealth of options available to them and suggests there are "definitely too many" events on the current PGA Tour schedule.

Rory McIlroy believes there are “definitely too many” events on the current PGA Tour schedule and is concerned that golf fans may become “fatigued” by the multitude of options now available to watch.