Rory McIlroy makes his 2025 FedEx Cup Playoffs debut this week at the BMW Championship -- a week later than everyone else in the field. The world No. 2 returns for his first competitive outing since The Open (hosted in his home country of Northern Ireland), playing in the United States for the first time in two months.

Rory McIlroy ruffled some feathers when he declined to compete in the tournament that ushered in the start of the FedEx Cup Playoffs. However, he doesn't