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McIlroy commits to Arnold Palmer, Travelers Championship

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Rory McIlroy hasn't played a competitive round of golf since January, when he lost to Graeme Storm in a playoff at the South African Open.

McIlroy has been sidelined with a rib injury suffered that week, but announced Friday his commitment to play the Arnold Palmer Invitational in March at Bay Bill and the Travelers Championship in June.

“I’m delighted that the Travelers Championship is part of my schedule this year,” he said in a release, via Ryan Lavner of the Golf Channel. “It’ll be such a great experience. The course should really set up well for my game and I’m really looking forward to teeing it up there in June against some of the Tour’s best players.”

It will be the first time the world No. 3 will play the event in Connecticut, and will fulfill the tour's new strength of field regulation, a rule that requires players to add one event to their schedules they haven't played in the previous four years.

McIlory has played the Arnold Palmer Invitational twice, but this year's event will be extra special after Palmer passed away in September at the age of 87.

The Travelers addition will mean the Northern Irishman will play five events in six weeks.

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