McIlroy, who added that he still has plenty of things he hopes to accomplish in his golf career, has myriad interests outside of golf including as the co-founder of TGL and a growing business portfolio, which at least partially explains the 27-time Tour winner’s take on the over-50 circuit.

It might make him a glutton for punishment, but he's rooting for a windy Sunday and what he called "testy conditions," operating under the theory that when trailing by four shots, you have to roll the dice and hope the elements hurt the guys above more than they hurt you.