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Rory McIlroy has called for tougher European Tour courses and believes they are necessary to produce better players and help improve Europe\u2019s Ryder Cup chances.<\/p>\nRory McIlroy has called for tougher European Tour courses and believes they are necessary to produce better players and help improve Europe\u2019s Ryder Cup chances.<\/p>\n
McIlroy initially vented frustration on Sunday at the end of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in Scotland.<\/p>\n
The 30-year-old has since said the pro-am event \u201cwasn\u2019t the right place\u201d to express criticism, but stands by his comments.<\/p>\n
\u201cI understand voicing concerns about golf course set-ups in Europe to the media at a pro-am event on benign links courses wasn\u2019t the right place to do it, or the right people to talk to about it,\u201d he wrote on Instagram.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was venting yesterday but I can assure you it came from the right place.<\/p>\n
\u201cStrategy, course management and shot making are important aspects of tournament golf that are being slowly taken out of the game at the top level, not just in Europe but worldwide.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would personally like to see tougher set-ups in Europe because it will produce better, more complete, young players in the future and that can only be a good thing for the game and our Ryder Cup chances.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Alfred Dunhill Links Championship brings together top professionals with amateurs from the world of entertainment and is played over courses at Carnoustie, Kingsbarns and St Andrews.<\/p>\n
Former world number one McIlroy finished seven strokes behind victorious Frenchman Victor Perez.<\/p>\n
Perez closed on 22 under par to celebrate a maiden tour success, with McIlroy\u2019s rounds of 70, 66, 70 and 67 only good enough for joint 26th.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m sick of coming back over to the European Tour and shooting 15 under par and finishing 30th,\u201d four-time major champion McIlroy said on Sunday.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think the courses are set up hard enough. There are no penalties for bad shots. It\u2019s tough when you come back when it\u2019s like that, I don\u2019t feel good golf is rewarded as well as it could be.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think, if the European Tour want to put forward a really good product, the golf course and the set-ups need to be tougher.\u201d<\/p>\n