Rory McIlroy admits he was nervous in the Players Championship play-off win, but that the experience sets him up perfectly for the majors ahead. Source link...
First he must celebrate this win. It was achieved without his very best golf. It would be an exaggeration to say he won it ugly, but he did it with a largely errant driver and was able to put himself in contention in a way that was beyond golf’s other leading lights. Sawgrass is a...
Rory McIlroy claimed his second Players Championship title with a comfortable victory over JJ Spaun in a three-hole play-off at Sawgrass. It is the Northern Irishman’s second PGA Tour win of the season – and 28th of his career – and comes in the most prestigious event outside of the annual four majors. “I am...
McIlroy started the day four shots back at eight under par but birdied the first and then had an eagle three at the par-five second to virtually eradicate Spaun’s advantage. After a bogey at seven, he joined the leaders with a birdie at the eighth and remained in top spot, despite persistent challenges from Spaun...
Rory McIlroy slipped four shots off the lead after a punishing back nine in blustery conditions during round three at The Players Championship. The 2019 champion carded a one-over 73 to trail unheralded American JJ Spaun who leads at 12 under, one ahead of tour veteran Bud Cauley. McIlroy was at 10 under after nine...
Justin Thomas equalled the TPC Sawgrass course record with a stunning 10-under-par 62 at The Players Championship in Florida, while Rory McIlroy is just two shots off the lead at the halfway stage. It represented a remarkable turnaround from Thomas, who carded a six-over 78 in his opening round and began Friday in serious danger...
Rory McIlroy hit seven birdies in an impressive five-under-par 67 to sit one off the lead after the first round of The Players Championship in Florida. Former US Open champion Lucas Glover is one of three players who shot a 66 to lead on six under. American Glover, 45, birdied each of his last four...
Kevin Sharkey BBC News NI Dublin reporter Getty Images Irish police are investigating after damage was caused to the course in Doonbeg, County Clare A golf course owned by US President Donald Trump in the Republic of Ireland has been damaged by vandals. Gardaà (Irish police) are investigating after what is described as “criminal damage”...
McIlroy has been largely injury-free since rupturing an ankle ligament in 2015, which forced him to miss the defence of his Open title. Speaking before the Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass starting on Thursday, the 35-year-old said he intends to retire with a “little bit left in the tank”. “I can acknowledge how lucky golfers...
And no matter how hard the golf media tried, the commissioner flat-batted every enquiry as to how that might be achieved. Monahan does not play verbal ‘Bazball’; every non-answer dictated by the delicate nature of golf’s future. Where he was more forthcoming, was an acceptance – at long last – that men’s professional golf has...
Tiger Woods has had surgery after suffering a ruptured Achilles during training at home. The 15-time major champion has not put a timescale on his recovery but his participation in the Masters, which begins on 10 April, must be in doubt. The 49-year-old had been hoping to make his comeback at Augusta, having not competed...
The PGA Tour says “some hurdles remain” in the protracted negotiations with LIV Golf to reunify the sport – although Donald Trump’s intervention has “significantly bolstered” the talks. Discussions have been ongoing since June 2023 when the PGA Tour and DP World Tour agreed a shock merger with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), which...
“My wife Miranda’s from Arizona, so I’ve spent a lot of time out there and it would suit me nicely if I was able to continue the position I’m in and by the end of the year get one of those 10 cards – I’d be very happy.” Hill, from Crook of Devon, secured victory...
Ken Banks and Ben Philip BBC Scotland Reporting fromGrantown-on-Spey USGA Museum Bobby Cruickshank became a sporting star in America When Scotsman Bobby Cruickshank was taken prisoner during World War One, he could little have imagined he would later find enduring fame in America as a golfing legend. Born in Grantown-on-Spey in 1894, he escaped the...
Russell Henley chipped in for an eagle with two holes to play to pip Collin Morikawa to the biggest title of his career at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. The American shot a two-under-par final round of 70 to finish on 11 under at Bay Hill in Orlando, with compatriot Morikawa one stroke back. Henley was...