In the scheme of things, Rory McIlroy didn’t need to play in next week’s opening FedEx Cup playoff event on the PGA Tour, the FedEx St. Jude Championship. In fact, he’s proving how little he needs to play in a lot of the tour’s big-money events.

The FedEx St. Jude Championship will have a very notable absence next week. Rory McIlroy to skip the FedEx Cup event at TPC Southwind.

With his position secure in the FedEx Cup rankings, Rory McIlroy will skip the first event of the end-of-season playoffs