Rory McIlroy will play the Scottish Open at the Renaissance Club as part of his preparations for the Open Championship in his native Northern Ireland this summer. The Masters champion will aim to win a second Open title at Royal Portrush from 17-20 July. The Scottish Open is the final event before golf’s fourth and...
Defending champions Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry are five shots off the lead heading into the final round of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. After a 90-minute delay for lightning, McIlroy eagled the final hole as the pair carded a betterball 61. Americans Andrew Novak and Ben Griffin also shot 61 to open up...
McIlroy holed an 11-foot eagle putt at the second and four further birdies left the Irish duo in a share of second place on 14 under after 12 holes. However, McIlroy missed the green with his approach on 13 as they dropped a stroke and further shots went at the last two holes when they...
Rory McIlroy and partner Shane Lowry shot a eight-under-par 64 which left them six off the pace as they began the defence of their Zurich Classic title. With the Masters champion struggling on the opening nine as Lowry kept them in contention after they had started at the 10th, McIlroy said he “didn’t do anything”...
Rory McIlroy says he has been touched by how his journey to winning the career Grand Slam has resonated with people from “all walks of life” as he revealed he spoke with two US presidents after his Masters victory. McIlroy returns to action this week as he defends the Zurich Classic of New Orleans title...
McIlroy’s next chance to add to his major tally comes next month in the US PGA Championship. It is being staged from 15-18 May at North Carolina’s Quail Hollow – a course he has won at four times. He will then head to Oakmont in Pennsylvania from 12-15 June for the US Open. McIlroy has...
Darbon also reaffirmed the R&A’s desire to take the Open outside of the United Kingdom for the first time, to Portmarnock in Dublin. “We’re really excited about the investigative work we’re doing at Portmarnock and pleased with the support we’re receiving from local authorities and the government,” he said. “We have a lot of work...
Shane Lowry has confirmed newly crowned Masters champion Rory McIlroy will return to defend the pair’s Zurich Classic of New Orleans title in Louisiana next week. McIlroy has returned home to Northern Ireland after skipping this week’s RBC Heritage event on the PGA Tour following his career Grand Slam-clinching success at Augusta National. But Lowry...
Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim wants Rory McIlroy to bring a winning feeling to Old Trafford following his Masters golf triumph. United supporter McIlroy said after he won a career grand slam at Augusta National that he would take his Green Jacket to the stadium “if it can inspire some better play”. The Red Devils...
Northern Ireland’s McIlroy beat England’s Justin Rose in a sudden-death play-off, after a dramatic final round that saw him blow a four-shot lead at one stage and miss a par putt on the 18th to win in regulation. “If you watched Rory, he was very locked into his own world. It’s just you and the...
Graeme McDowell says “it could be incredible what Rory McIlroy will achieve in the sport” following his dramatic career Grand Slam-clinching Masters triumph. McDowell, the 2010 US Open champion, said he was among the millions of TV viewers who “lived every shot with him” during Sunday’s rollercoaster of a final round at Augusta as he...
The jacket was a perfect fit, a deeper green than you might imagine and in that moment came the realisation that he had actually done it. The burden had lifted, never again would we be able to ask the questions that had nagged him for more than a decade. Now, aged 35, he is an...
A piece of golfing history is not all Rory McIlroy will receive for his triumph at Augusta National. Read full article at source...
Watch as a young Rory McIlroy speaks to BBC Sport NI in 1998 about his ambition of turning pro and winning all of golf’s major championships, a dream he finally achieved with Sunday’s win at the Masters. McIlroy’s coach Michael Bannon also tells BBC Sport NI of his belief that McIlroy is destined for big...
Hurt. Pride. Optimisim. Justin Rose’s three takeaways from last week’s stunning Masters performance, where he was beaten by Grand Slam-winning Rory McIlory in a play-off, are ones that he feels will propel him to greater heights in the game. Hurt because he’s a professional and nobody likes losing. Pride in the way he finished the...