Amanda Balionis posts message about obligations after Rory McIlroy blows off media

CBS newsman Amanda Balionis said she appreciated LIV Golf stars Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau taking clip to talk to her aft they came up short to Scottie Scheffler successful nan 2025 PGA Championship successful Charlotte connected Sunday.

Balionis praised Rahm and DeChambeau for sitting down pinch her astatine Quail Hollow aft chap pro Rory McIlroy declined to speak to nan media for nan 4th consecutive time connected Sunday.

“Appreciate these 2 for taking nan clip to talk aft a gutting loss,” Balionis wrote, including 2 photos of her interviewing Rahm and DeChambeau. “Simply a reminder that nary 1 is obligated to talk, it’s a choice. And to bring america successful aft coming truthful adjacent to a profession accomplishment is awesome for nan viewer.”

McIlroy, who was nan 2025 Masters champion, struggled disconnected nan tee, ranking 70 retired of 74 players successful fairways hit.

He vanished astatine 3-over 287.

The Irishman’s TaylorMade Qi10 driver was ruled non-conforming past Tuesday astatine nan PGA Championship, and he was forced to play pinch a backup, according to SiriusXM PGA Tour Radio.

McIlroy changeable 1-over successful each of nan past 2 rounds to decorativeness extracurricular nan apical 40.

Balionis praised Scheffler for his “residency and skill” arsenic he ran distant pinch nan PGA Championship connected nan backmost nine.

“World Number 1 proving erstwhile again why he firmly holds that position,” Balionis wrote, including an image of her interviewing nan three-time Major champ. “After fighting a near miss for his opening 9 and uncovering himself tied for nan lead pinch Jon Rahm early connected nan back… Scottie erstwhile again showed his resiliency and accomplishment to tally distant pinch his first @pgachampionship victory by 5 strokes.

“The backmost 9 was yet different session pinch large names breathing down his neck. At 28-years-old, nan three-time Major Champ continues to beryllium that nan ceiling whitethorn not beryllium astatine all…”

Last May, Balionis made headlines disconnected of nan people erstwhile a Daily Mail study by linked her and McIlroy aft he filed for divorce from his woman of 7 years, Erica Stoll, successful Florida.

McIlroy and Stoll person since reunited and his divorcement petition was voluntarily dismissed.

Neither McIlroy nor Balionis addressed nan report, which said nan 2 were “the talk of nan links.”