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Rory McIlroy won't rejoin PGA Tour board after pushback

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Rory McIlroy will not return to the PGA Tour's policy board as expected because of other player directors' concerns about bringing him back, McIlroy said Wednesday.

McIlroy, who resigned from the policy board on Nov. 14, was expected to replace Webb Simpson on the PGA Tour policy board and the board of directors of PGA Tour Enterprises.

"There's been a lot of conversations," McIlroy said ahead of this week's Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow Club. "Sort of reminded me partly why I didn't [stay on the board]. So yeah, I think it got pretty complicated and pretty messy.