Break to help Rory’s game

RORY McIlroy believes ending his injury-plagued year with a threemonth break will aid his quest to bag a fifth major golf championship in 2018.

The world No.4 revealed he would play his final event for 2017 at the European Tour’s Alfred Dunhill Links event in Scotland in early October.

The Northern Irishman begins his playoffs series at this week’s Northern Trust in New York. He said a third straight season without claiming a major title and a persistent rib injury this year led him to the decision.