rory mcilroy

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
PGA Tour deal with Saudis not close nor necessary: McIlroy

PGA Tour deal with Saudis not close nor necessary: McIlroy

Rory McIlroy believes the PGA Tour completing a deal with the Saudi backers of LIV Golf would be the ideal scenario because it would bring back together all the best players in the world. 6 Mar 2025
McIlroy triumphs at Pebble Beach as Aussies fall short

McIlroy triumphs at Pebble Beach as Aussies fall short

Rory McIlroy has triumphed at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am for his 27th career victory on the PGA Tour. 3 Feb 2025
Australia's Davis tames Pebble Beach with superb round

Australia's Davis tames Pebble Beach with superb round

Australian golfer Cam Davis has tamed the famous Pebble Beach course with a stunning seven-under opening round at the PGA Tour's AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. 31 Jan 2025
Golf gun McKibbin ignores McIlroy advice, signs for LIV

Golf gun McKibbin ignores McIlroy advice, signs for LIV

Northern Ireland's rising star Tom McKibbin has ignored the advice of his compatriot Rory McIlroy and officially signed with the LIV Golf tour. 30 Jan 2025
Norman dares golf megastars Woods, McIlroy to debate

Norman dares golf megastars Woods, McIlroy to debate

Greg Norman wants to debate golf megastars Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy and explain how LIV Golf has made them even richer. 22 Jan 2025
Hatton wins Dubai Desert Classic on big pay-day for Micheluzzi

Hatton wins Dubai Desert Classic on big pay-day for Micheluzzi

Tyrrell Hatton has broken the bank in Dubai, pocketing a massive 1.49million Euro ($A2.47million) winner's cheque at the Desert Classic while Australian David Micheluzzi was also richly rewarded for his best week yet on the DP World Tour. 20 Jan 2025
McIlroy believes LIV replacing Greg Norman is good move

McIlroy believes LIV replacing Greg Norman is good move

Rory McIlroy believes that Greg Norman being replaced as LIV Golf's chief executive officer is "probably a good move" for the Saudi-funded breakaway which he believes is here to stay. 17 Jan 2025
Aussie Micheluzzi sets hot pace in Dubai Desert Classic

Aussie Micheluzzi sets hot pace in Dubai Desert Classic

Australian David Micheluzzi has enjoyed a blistering start to the Dubai Desert Classic, sharing the lead after the first round with his seven-under-par 65. 17 Jan 2025
McIlroy disappointed in young star's move to LIV Golf

McIlroy disappointed in young star's move to LIV Golf

Golfing superstar Rory McIlroy has expressed his disappointment about a rising star and fellow Northern Ireland golfer's projected move to LIV Golf. 16 Jan 2025