rory mcilroy

Lee takes lessons from Masters champion McIlroy

Lee takes lessons from Masters champion McIlroy

Min Woo Lee kept a close eye on how Rory McIlroy handled the pressure at Augusta National on his way to a career-defining Masters triumph. 15 Apr 2025
'Welcome to the club': plaudits flow for McIlroy

'Welcome to the club': plaudits flow for McIlroy

Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus, who tipped him to win the event, have led the plaudits after Rory McIlroy joined them as a career grand slam champion. 15 Apr 2025
Watch: Golf Australia's Matt Cleary talks Masters on ABC News

Watch: Golf Australia's Matt Cleary talks Masters on ABC News

Our senior writer spent Monday afternoon, amid the afterglow of Rory McIlroy's epic triumph, discussing the Northern Irishman's long-awaited victory with the ABC's Joe O'Brien. 14 Apr 2025
Rose comes up just short against McIlroy

Rose comes up just short against McIlroy

Justin Rose played one of the greatest rounds of his career, but it wasn't quite enough to deny Rory McIlroy his long-sought title at the Masters 14 Apr 2025
'Headless, furious' Day laments missed Masters chance

'Headless, furious' Day laments missed Masters chance

Jason Day left the Masters lamenting what could have been after starting Sunday level with Justin Rose, who led before losing to Rory McIlroy in a playoff. 14 Apr 2025
Rory the winner, but Augusta the undefeated champion of the 89th Masters

Rory the winner, but Augusta the undefeated champion of the 89th Masters

The Masters has been run and won, and the great Rory McIlroy has fulfilled his destiny, despite being hunted down like a bloodied fox by the great hounds of our sport, Justin Rose, Ludvig Aberg, the ever-compelling Bryson DeChambeau, who thrilled us with sublime and ridiculous golf on a course we would sell a kidney to play. Augusta National remains golf's great muse. Augusta National is the champion forever. 14 Apr 2025
In case you missed it: Championship Sunday at Augusta as it happened

In case you missed it: Championship Sunday at Augusta as it happened

Finally, after 11 attempts, Rory McIlroy has his Green Jacket! As it happened, we blogged and timestamped all of the drama and action. 14 Apr 2025
Rory then Day-light, but Aussie still has hope

Rory then Day-light, but Aussie still has hope

Jason Day reckons Rory McIlroy should be considered among golf's greats should he win the Masters, but the Australian still thinks he can catch him. 13 Apr 2025
McIlroy roars back as Rose clings on to Augusta lead

McIlroy roars back as Rose clings on to Augusta lead

Rory McIlroy has roared back into Masters contention while Jason Day continued his stealthy assault on a second major to be part of a jam-packed leaderboard. 12 Apr 2025
Nicklaus, Watson cast doubt on any PGA-LIV merger

Nicklaus, Watson cast doubt on any PGA-LIV merger

Masters greats Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson agree there's no sign of a merger between golf's divided tours, but think the PGA Tour will be just fine regardless. 11 Apr 2025
Vulnerable McIlroy faces demons as grand slam beckons

Vulnerable McIlroy faces demons as grand slam beckons

Rory McIlroy says he plays with a vulnerability now which helps him deal with the pressure of the Masters - an event he needs to win to complete his grand slam. 9 Apr 2025
Health and head space keys to McIlroy's Masters

Health and head space keys to McIlroy's Masters

After being cut off at the knees when Jay Monahan quite surprisingly went on television with the head of the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund, Yasir Al-Rumayyan, to announce what was perceived then to be a “merger” between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf, Rory McIlroy quit his role as the establishment’s pseudo-spokesman in the great pro golf imbroglio of our times. And it’s looked like the outlook has agreed with him since. The man looks like he’s free. 9 Apr 2025
Hits and memories of Rory at Augusta

Hits and memories of Rory at Augusta

He’s missed the cut (three times), he’s led after three rounds, he’s notched four top-5s and eight top-10s. There were years he was never really in it, others when he most certainly was. And there were years when you thought – surely, this time – Rory McIlroy will up and win the first major championship of the year, The Masters, at venerable Augusta National in Georgia. 8 Apr 2025
Head, heart and elbow, it's Rory's Masters

Head, heart and elbow, it's Rory's Masters

I want it to be Rory. Chances are you want it to be Rory. And the editor of this crackerjack journal would like it to be Rory, given he’s splashed the man all over the cover and throughout the pages of our glossy bit of kit which is still a bargain at $9.08 per month at all respected subscription services. 7 Apr 2025
Aussie Min Woo Lee charges into Houston Open lead

Aussie Min Woo Lee charges into Houston Open lead

Australian Min Woo Lee's clinical third round 63 gave him a four-shot lead at the Houston Open at Memorial Park, with world No.1 Scott Scheffler another shot adrift. 30 Mar 2025
Huggan: Adding-up majors should never be the sole measure of ultimate worth

Huggan: Adding-up majors should never be the sole measure of ultimate worth

As recent events in the male professional game have done nothing but escalate an already tasteless emphasis on money, the suspicion here is that the historical significance of golf’s four major championships is only going to increase. 19 Mar 2025
McIlroy supreme in St Patrick's Day Players play-off

McIlroy supreme in St Patrick's Day Players play-off

Rory McIlroy has cruised to the Players Championship title, winning a three-hole aggregate play-off over JJ Spaun after the American found water at the 17th. 18 Mar 2025
Monday shootout will decide The Players

Monday shootout will decide The Players

A weather delay culled four hours out of the pointy end of the Players Championship. Once returning, Rory McIlroy and unheralded American JJ Spaun couldn't be separated after the 72 holes at TPC Sawgrass. 17 Mar 2025
Min Woo Lee one off the pace at Players' Championship

Min Woo Lee one off the pace at Players' Championship

Australian golf star Min Woo Lee is just one stroke off the lead after his opening round of the PGA Tour's flagship Players' Championship at TPC Sawgrass. 14 Mar 2025
"More pointless than Pokémon": Tomorrow's Golf League critiqued, and roughly

"More pointless than Pokémon": Tomorrow's Golf League critiqued, and roughly

Matt Cleary has seen enough of Tomorrow's Golf League (TGL), the hybrid, indoor-outdoor, digital-actual, teams-based golf league in Florida to know that it's not for him. Indeed he wonders if it has any point at all. 10 Mar 2025
Davis in the mix at Arnold Palmer Invitational

Davis in the mix at Arnold Palmer Invitational

Wyndham Clark birdied three of his last six holes to take a two-shot lead after the first round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Florida, with Cam Davis the best of the Australians in a tie for sixth. 7 Mar 2025