McIlroy, who turned professional in 2007, will begin his 18th full season on the PGA Tour in January. His illustrious career includes triumphs at the US Open in 2011, the PGA Championship in 2012 and 2014, and The Open Championship in 2014, though the 35-year-old Northern Irishman hasn’t won a major in the decade since.
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In total, McIlroy has 26 PGA Tour victories and, most recently, won the season-ending DP World Tour Championship by holding off Denmark’s Rasmus Hojgaard. Yet, he offered a rough retirement timeline earlier this year after calling off his divorce.
McIlroy told the media at Pinehurst: “I still have a good little bit of time here, hopefully for the next 10 years. I still like to think I’ve got a good run ahead of me. Whatever those numbers are, whatever the totals add up to, I’ll accept that and feel like I’ve done pretty well for a little boy from Northern Ireland who dreamed of playing golf for a living one day.”
Should McIlroy stick to his comments, he will be playing on the PGA Tour until he’s around 45 – not quite as long as Harrington predicts, but still an impressive feat. Regardless, there’s still plenty of time left for him to secure the fifth Major, which has long eluded him.
