Count Rory McIlroy as among the number of golfers not in favor of players using green-reading books in tournaments. Prior to the start of the 2021 US Open in which he's one of the top contenders, McIlroy shared his view of the controversial issue a couple of weeks after The Tour’s Player Advisory Council voted to ban the books.

Via Phil Casey of The Irish News:

“I think everyone is in the same boat, most guys on Tour are in the same boat, that if it’s going to be available to us and it helps us, people are going to use it, but I think for the greater good of the game I’d like to see them be outlawed and for them not to be used anymore.”

That's a categorical statement from the chairman of the Player Advisory Council himself with regards to his stance on the matter. For McIlroy, who is +2100 to win this weekend at Torrey Pines, using such materials reduces a key component of the game. He believes it takes away the impact of the players' acumen of reading the tendencies of the playing landscape. McIlroy didn't say it but it feels as though he thinks it's borderline cheating.

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“It’s not that it’s an advantage really, it’s just taking away a skill that takes time and practice to be mastered,” McIlroy added.

It's worth noting that although McIlroy's council has already voted for the book to be banned, it will still need to be decided by the PGA TOUR's full board sometime in the following week, at the earliest.

Apart from the issue, Rory McIlroy will be focusing on the US Open at Torrey Pines. He's won this major before, but that was way back in 2011 when the Northern Irishman won by eight strokes over second-place Jason Day at the Congressional Country Club Blue Course down in Maryland.