Following the recent COP26 summit that brought together world leaders to address issues of climate change, Rory McIlroy was asked Tuesday in Dubai about his global footprint considering his jet-setting lifestyle.
His answer – like most of his responses – was illuminating.
“It’s funny you say that,” McIlroy began in his press conference ahead of the European Tour's season-ending DP World Tour Championship. “Two years ago, after I won in China, I flew back home privately, and it was just me on the plane. And I just got this massive sense of guilt come over me, just because this can’t be good and all that sort of stuff.