Rory McIlroy will make his first PGA Tour appearance of the season at this week's AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am - and the superstar has called for a big change to the schedule

Rory McIlroy believes there are “definitely too many” events on the current PGA Tour schedule and is concerned that golf fans may become “fatigued” by the multitude of options now available to watch.

Rory McIlroy believes the PGA Tour has a schedule problem with the product being diminished and he has called on bosses to scale back the number of tournaments per season

From the PGA Tour's standpoint, McIlroy believes less is more may be the way forward, urging the circuit's chiefs to "scale back" the tournament schedule. With nearly 50 PGA Tour-sanctioned events scheduled for 2025, the world No. 3 feels that it's simply too many to maintain viewer interest in the product.

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 believes that golf fans could become "fatigued" by the wealth of options available to them and suggests there are "definitely too many" events on the current PGA Tour schedule.