PGA rules ‘cut and dried’ when it comes to McIlroy $3M bonus
Rory McIlroy says he had his reasons for skipping his second elevated event at the RBC Heritage.
That wasn’t enough for PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan to pay out the remaining $3 million of McIlroy’s Player Impact Program bonus.
Monahan announced Wednesday that the world’s third-ranked player won’t receive the $3 million sum — a day after the 33-yearold McIlroy said he presented his case.
McIlroy finished second to Tiger Woods in the PIP program, which measures a player’s popularity and impact on tour. He was set to make a $12 million, but that payout has been reduced by 25% after he missed his second elevated event.
Under the PIP rules, the top players are only allowed one “opt-out” for the season’s 12 designated “elevated tournaments” on this year’s tour, not including the four major tournaments and the Players Championship. McIlroy’s decision to skip the tournament in Hilton Head, South Carolina, was his second opt-out after missing the Sentry Tournament of Champions.
Monahan said the rules are “cut and dried.”
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PATRICK MAHOMES’ BROTHER JACKSON CHARGED WITH SEXUAL BATTERY >> Jackson Mahomes, the brother of Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, was booked into jail Wednesday on aggravated sexual battery charges over an alleged altercation at a Kansas restaurant in late February.
Jackson Mahomes, 22, was charged Tuesday in Johnson County, Kansas, with three counts of aggravated sexual battery and one count of battery. He was being held on $100,000 bond. During a brief virtual court appearance Wednesday, the judge scheduled the next online hearing for May 11.
MLB ALTUVE CLEARED FOR BASEBALL ACTIVITIES, RETURN NOT YET SET >>
Jose Altuve resumed some baseball activities this week, but there still isn’t a timetable for when Houston’s star second baseman will return to the team.
Altuve fractured his right thumb in the World Baseball Classic and had surgery to repair the injury March 22. After his surgery, Astros general manager Dana Brown said he’d be out at least eight weeks.
It’s been six weeks so far, and while Altuve was cleared to return to baseball activities this week — including throwing, running and fielding — he hasn’t been cleared to swing .
Olympics US SPRINTER, MEDALIST BOWIE DIES AT 32 >>
Tori Bowie, the sprinter who won three Olympic medals at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games, has died. She was 32.
Bowie’s death was announced Wednesday by her management company and USA Track and Field. No cause of death was given.
Bowie turned in an electric performance at the 2016 Rio Olympics, where she won silver in the 100 and bronze in the 200. She then ran the anchor leg on a 4x100 team with Tianna Bartoletta, Allyson Felix and English Gardner to take gold.
RALPH BOSTON, OLYMPIAN AND 1ST TO JUMP 27 FEET, DIES AT 83 >>
Ralph Boston, the Olympic long jump champion who broke Jesse Owens’ world record then later had his own mark eclipsed by Bob Beamon’s record-shattering leap at the Mexico City Games, died Sunday. He was 83.
The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee confirmed Boston died Sunday at his home outside of Atlanta.
Boston broke or tied the world record six times during the 1960s. He was the first person to reach the 27foot mark. His first world record came shortly before the Rome Olympics in 1960 with a jump of 26 feet, 11 inches that surpassed the 25-year-old record held by Owens.
DAVIS, OLYMPIC MEDALIST IN 400 HURDLES, DIES AT 51 >> Calvin Davis, the Olympic bronze medalist in the 400 hurdles at the 1996 Atlanta Games, has died. He was 51.
The University of Arkansas, where he went to school, said Davis died Monday. USA Track and Field also confirmed the death. No cause was given.
Soccer HAALAND SETS NEW PREMIER LEAGUE SCORING RECORD >>
Erling Haaland set a new Premier League goals record by scoring his 35th of the season in Manchester City’s game against West Ham on Tuesday.
The 22-year-old Norway striker struck in the 70th minute at Etihad Stadium to give the defending champions a 2-0 lead.
Haaland had evened the previous record jointly held by Alan Shearer and Andy Cole with his 34th of the campaign against Fulham on Sunday.
X Games X GAMES RETURN TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FOR COAST TOUR IN JULY >>
The X Games are coming home to Southern California this summer for an eight-day tour of the Pacific coast.
The action sports competition will host events in San Diego, Los Angeles and Ventura from July 1623. The full slate of summer sports will include skateboarding, BMX and motocross competitions, with more than 150 athletes expected to participate in the tour that’ll culminate at the seaside Ventura County Fairgrounds on July 21-23.