That's my boy!!

He should either a) drop that lawsuit and just go back to making ludicrous gobs of cash playing golf or b) hand off the legal stuff 100% to lawyers and representatives. This business of taking time off golf to "prepare" for the hearing is ridiculous.

I'd agree with you

McIlroy recently said that he no longer plays golf for money. Well after signing his sportswear contract he certainly doesn't need to, but by extension this lawsuit is really about money. It doesn't really add up.  I can understand it I suppose if he genuinely feels cheated and wants to right a wrong as a matter deeply held principle, but I can't think of many sports people whose games improve when they're distracted, and especially in a field like this. Tony Lema played better once he was free of his agreement, but that was of a completely different nature. McIlroy's game only really rebounded once he was free of Wozniacki. If he gets himself stuck in litigation he could easily lose a year.

I would have to disagree with that assessment.  I think it is more of getting back at being deceived or unfairly treated (compared to G-Mac, it seems).  While the money is a factor, I think the main reason is being treated unequally compared to his buddy G-Mac.

To the OP's point, this seems almost like early years of FedEx Cup when Tiger and Vijay locked-up the title before the Tournament of Champion event.

In fairness, I did leave that possibility open

"I can understand it I suppose if he genuinely feels cheated and wants to right a wrong as a matter deeply held principle"

I'm struggling to think that his game will benefit, but sometimes in life you have to set professional considerations aside and trust that things will come back to themselves