As the PGA Tour and LIV continue to search for a way forward, McIlroy will not return to the former’s policy board.
The 35-year-old stepped down from the board in November 2023 to focus on his game.
However, last month he had intimated he was willing to return, stating he felt he could accelerate the pace of merger talks between the two factions.
Despite talks around him replacing Webb Simpson on the board taking place, McIlroy revealed he would instead “just keep doing what I’m doing”.
He said: “It just got pretty complicated and pretty messy.
“With the way it happened, it opened up some wounds and scar tissue from things that have happened before and I think there was a subset of people on the board who were uncomfortable with me coming back on for some reason.
“I think the best course of action is, if there [are] some people on there who aren’t comfortable with coming back on, then I think Webb stays on and sees out his term.
“He’s got to a place where he’s comfortable with doing that. I just keep doing what I’m doing.”