Lowry and McIlroy played nine holes together on Wednesday morning to prepare for the start of the tournament on Thursday. They have been paired together for the opening two rounds at Oakmont, along with fellow European Ryder Cup player, and former US Open Champion Justin Rose. “We are also practicing with each other again tomorrow...
McIlroy became just the sixth player to win all four majors with his triumph at Augusta National – a result that has had Scheffler purring. “It was really cool to see Rory finish that off and to be there for that moment,” said the two-time Masters champion. “He’s a good buddy of mine out here,...
Following the Zurich Classic two-man event in New Orleans, McIlroy will only have a three-week wait before the season’s second major, the US PGA Championship, which will take place at a Quail Hollow venue where he has already triumphed on four occasions. And after ending his 11-year major drought amid an extraordinary finale in Georgia,...
McIlroy is desperate to wear the famous Green Jacket, but can you want it too much? “That’s a very good point,” said Smith. “All of this is said without me ever having spoken to Rory, I couldn’t comment as to how accurate my views on the situation are. “But looking at it from outside the...
As the 35-year-old now nurses a sore elbow and fine tunes preparations away from public eyes, LIV’s top stars this week compete on the circuit’s toughest course. Among them is Bryson DeChambeau, who overhauled a stuttering McIlroy to win last June’s US Open. Those LIV contenders, who also include Jon Rahm, Brooks Koepka, Tyrrell Hatton...
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...
Despite failing to add to his tally of four majors last year, Rory McIlroy plays the prominent role in the third season of Netflix’s Full Swing docu-series which has just dropped on the streaming service. This is golf’s inside the ropes answer to the hit Formula 1 series Drive to Survive. Initially McIlroy was reluctant...