PGA Tour season began with a bang Thursday at the 2025 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Playing his first round of the PGA Tour's second signature event on Spyglass Hill, the four-time major champion took the lid off the place when his tee shot on the par-3 15th found the bottom of the cup for a hole-in-one.

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.