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McIlroy, eighth-ranked Max Homa and world No. 2 Scottie Scheffler, each speaking Wednesday in Orlando at the site of this week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational, pointed to the paths arranged for nonelite players.

From Washington Post • Mar. 1, 2023

Not a whole lot of big movement this week as the elite and nonelite teams begin to distinguish themselves.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 9, 2022

A gang that includes a wounded veteran, an unemployed former coal miner, a hairdresser and other motley members of the noncoastal nonelite conspires to knock over a Nascar race sponsored by Coca-Cola.

From New York Times • Aug. 16, 2017

The philosophy they call “radical” uses elite surf-training techniques—video analysis, advanced board positioning—to teach nonelite surfers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2016

In 1995, only 27% of citations pointed to articles published in nonelite journals.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 14, 2014