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Rory McIlroy calls for more majors at public courses

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Aug 4, 2020; San Francisco, California, USA; Rory McIlroy hits out of the bunker on the seventh hole during a practice round of the PGA Championship golf tournament at TPC Harding Park. [Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports]

Rory McIlroy on Wednesday said golf should stage more of its biggest tournaments at public courses to make the game more accessible.

This week's PGA Championship is being held at TPG Harding Park in San Francisco, a municipal course that fell on hard times -- even being used as a parking lot for the 1998 U.S. Open -- before undergoing an extensive renovation in 2002-2003.

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