Tag: Rory
Valero Texas Open: Rory McIlroy falls to 10 shots off lead as Akshay Bhatia remains on top ahead of final round | Golf News
Rory McIlroy fell to 10 shots off the lead at the Valero Texas Open after a third-round 72, with leader Akshay Bhatia maintaining his place at the top by four shots. Bhatia shot 68 on Saturday to remain atop the leaderboard with a four-shot lead in his bid for a wire-to-wire win in San Antonio. Bhatia…
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Bryson DeChambeau backs Rory McIlroy’s comments on need for PGA Tour and LIV Golf deal to be finalised | Golf News
Bryson DeChambeau has backed Rory McIlroy’s comments that golf’s current ecosystem is “not sustainable” and says a deal needs to be quickly finalised between tours for the “good of the sport”. PGA Tour Enterprises board members and the Public Investment Fund (PIF), who bankroll LIV Golf, met in the Bahamas last month to work towards…
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Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry to team up at Zurich Classic of New Orleans | Golf News
Rory McIlroy will make his debut at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans next month. Four-time major winner McIlroy will team up with fellow Irishman Shane Lowry, who himself added a major title to his playing resume when he won The Open Championship in 2019. “Both of these players have competed for Europe in Ryder…
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The Players: Wyndham Clark leads as Scottie Scheffler battles injury and Rory McIlroy struggles | Golf News
US Open champion Wyndham Clark built up a four-shot halfway lead at The Players, where Scottie Scheffler suffered an injury scare and Rory McIlroy failed to build on his strong opening round. Clark, chasing a fourth win in 10 months on the PGA Tour, fired a second successive 65 at TPC Sawgrass to move to…
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Rory McIlroy and Jordan Spieth’s drop dispute at The Players: What happened and who was right? | Golf News
Rory McIlroy has denied any wrongdoing and insisted his conscience was clear after being involved in a drop dispute with playing partners Viktor Hovland and Jordan Spieth at The Players. McIlroy grabbed a share of the clubhouse lead with a seven-under 65 at TPC Sawgrass, where he mixed 10 birdies with a bogey and double…
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'I've never seen him this careless' | Rory in the water at Bay Hill
Rory McIlroy is having a round to forget on the final day of the Arnold Palmer Invitational, as he found the water enroute to a double bogey on the sixth at Bay Hill Club
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Rory McIlroy insists he will never join LIV Golf | Golf News
Rory McIlroy has appeared to scale back his hardline stance against LIV Golf in recent months, but that doesn’t mean the star from Northern Ireland is considering switching allegiances. In separate interviews in January, McIlroy admitted he had been “too judgmental” of the Saudi-backed LIV circuit and the players who signed there, and he said…
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Sky Sports Golf podcast: Rory McIlroy’s LIV Golf comments and Arnold Palmer Invitational preview | Golf News
Rory McIlroy’s comments about LIV Golf, Anthony Kim’s professional comeback and Talor Gooch’s viral interview about the majors all feature in a bumper edition of the Sky Sports Golf podcast. Henni Koyack and Zane Scotland join regular host Josh Antmann to look through the big talking points in the sport and preview another action-packed week…
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PGA Tour: Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry in halfway contention as Bud Cauley leads Cognizant Classic | Golf News
Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry both carded back-to-back 67s to remain within three shots of the halfway lead at the PGA Tour’s Cognizant Classic in Florida. McIlroy mixed six birdies with two bogeys during his second round at PGA National’s Champion Course, while Lowry charged up the leaderboard with four consecutive birdies to also head…
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Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry three shots off the lead at Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches | Golf News
Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry sit three shots off the lead at the PGA Tour Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches after the opening round. Both McIlroy and Lowry sit on four under, behind joint leaders Chad Ramey and S.H Kim, after a day of unusually calm conditions for the venue. Kim shot an eagle…
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