Golf-McIlroy joins Woods in ruling out playing in Saudi Arabia

[ASFN Admin]

Rory McIlroy has ruled out playing in Saudi Arabia next month, saying he has no interest in contesting the Jan. 30-Feb. 2 tournament that has offered lavish appearance fees to attract many of the world's top players. A week after Tiger Woods revealed he had turned down the Saudi International, a European Tour event, McIlroy did likewise. "It's just not something that would excite me," McIlroy said in a studio interview on Golf Channel on Monday, not denying a report that he had been offered a $2.5 million appearance fee to play in the Middle East event.

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