Major(s) News & Notes, November 7th, 2024

McIlroy makes swing tweaks and talks merger. Plus, Whan speaks, Lincicome retires, Walker Cup invites, Smith's Captaincy extended, Quotables, This, That and Reads.

• Days to The Masters opening tee shot: 151
  

Rory McIlroy dropped a post-election day bombshell.

“Locked myself indoors in a swing studio for three weeks,” said the owner of one of golf’s all-time most prized swings as he prepares for the Abu Dhabi HSBC Classic. “[I] just hit balls into a blank screen or net and just focused on my swing, focused on the movem…