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Earlier this weekend news broke that Rory McIlroy wouldn't be playing in the inaugural Cadillac Championship, despite its signature event status.
It's the second signature event McIlroy will miss after not playing in the RBC Heritage two weeks ago and just a week after he won the Masters. As it turns out, though, the back-to-back Masters champion isn't the only one missing the Cadillac Championship next week.
Fellow PGA Tour stars Matt Fitzpatrick, Ludvig Aberg, Robert MacIntyre and Xander Schauffele are also skipping the event, leading to heavy criticism from the golf world to the PGA Tour for its scheduling.
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The PGA Tour decided to shove three signature events into a four-week span after the Masters and right before the PGA Championship, likely knowing players would skip the events to remain rested and prepared for the PGA in May. Fans rushed to social media to complain about the schedule.
"Not having any Siggy’s between the Players and Masters, but then having 3 in 4 weeks between the Masters and PGA is idiotic and made both these guys not playing and plenty not playing at Quail inevitable," one account noted.
Another suggested, "People upset at this should blame the PGAT. They rolled out this idiotic schedule and put 2 signature events in before a major. Of course they aren’t going to play both of them leading into the PGA."
"They gotta space these things out better," offered a third.
After the Cadillac Championship sits the Truist Championship, another signature event, the week before the PGA Championship.
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