Charlotte, N.C. - Rory McIlroy competed in the PGA Championship this week, with the biggest wave of expectation and goodwill since the Prime Tiger Woods era. He left it silently, rejecting his round, driver, pursuit of the Grand Slam or any other comment for the fourth day in a row.

After a 74 start, giving him an 11-shot lead, McIlroy rebounded with 69 and 72 seconds to finish the game with +3 without any threat to win Wanamaker. He can certainly illustrate the missed first once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to finish a single-season Grand Slam, a thoughtful point-he talked about the Masters winning earlier this week, but decided to attend any media conversation for the fourth straight day.

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This is not the holy need of those who are submitting questions about progress. The question of whether players should talk to the media over the past few weeks has consumed golf. Some players like Collin Morikawa claim they don't owe the media (and associations, fans) to postround comments. Others delayed the position, believing that players’ usability and openness to the media are key elements that facilitate the sport…and expanded the inspections of these sponsors. Otherwise, we can watch AI simulations.

McIlroy's decision to reject all four days of comments is especially surprising, as he has long been one of the most friendly media members on the PGA Tour. Over the years, he commented on everything from competition to PGA Tour to good TV suggestions. So from one perspective, you can say he gained some freedom from the press.

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On the other hand, it was a big week and he was the main player-maybe this Major participants - So it aroused great interest from fans. Imagine if LeBron James didn't represent the entire playoff series, then fight back.

Now, imagine if James faces a specific, question about his game and his preparation, imagine fighting back. As of Friday night, McIlroy did change drivers after finding out that his former driver failed.

Having a non-qualified driver is not necessarily an indication of Skulduggery; a USGA compliant driver can slowly lose that state throughout the game, and the margins are so thin that a distance difference between a consistent and a non-qualified driver can be measured in inches or feet (in driving distance) rather than yards.

"It is not an unusual situation to find the person in charge of the driver who has crawled consistency, especially for clubs that have been hit thousands of times for a long time," PGA Championship Chief Champion Officer Kerry Haigh said in a statement. "The result has been kept confidential to protect the players, who did not know that the club has failed and assumed no responsibility other than hitting the club thousands of times. Only require players to simply ask for substitutions if necessary.

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Yes, but… when the most obvious player in the game makes such a big change to his device, even if only competitive integrity appears, more explanations can be made. (PGA's statement was published almost a full day after the initial report on McIlroy's non-qualified driver.)

McIlroy will not be able to finish the Grand Slam this season for the sake of golf history. But it's a pity that he didn't offer his own point of view this week either.