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Rory McIlroy shuts down LIV Golf rumours: ‘I will play the PGA Tour for the rest of my career’
McIlroy said he doesn’t know the origin of the rumours, and was careful to note that he didn’t judge anyone who had previously gone to LIV, or might in the future.
RBC Heritage DFS picks 2024: Why I’m concerned about Rory McIlroy
After a historic week at the Masters, many of the best players in the world will be making the trip to Hilton Head Island for the RBC Heritage, one of the longest-running events on the PGA Tour. In the past two years, the Heritage has taken on a ’signature’ banner, and it now features over Read more…
BOMBSHELL REPORT: Rory McIlroy on brink of joining LIV Golf in stunning $850 million backflip
According to sources close to the matter, LIV Golf executives have put forth a staggering $850 million offer to entice the world No.2, along with approximately two percent equity stake in the LIV Golf League.
Masters 2024 live updates: Rory McIlroy just hit one of the longest tee shots at Augusta we’ve ever seen
It’s officially the weekend at Augusta National, and Moving Day is bound to be a great one. We have three tremendous co-leaders to start Day 3—Scottie Scheffler, Max Homa and Bryson DeChambeau all share the lead heading into Saturday. (Scroll down for the latest updates from our crew at Augusta National.) RELATED: Masters 2024: Jon Read more…
Masters 2024: This Masters party host giving out Rory McIlroy bet slips is the best Masters party host ever
A decade ago (Time flies!), I wrote a post titled “17 rules for hosting an awesome Masters party.” From discouraging people from doing Jim Nantz impressions to encouraging making side bets, I thought I had covered just about everything. But one host this weekend is doing something that could lead to the most fun Masters Read more…
Masters 2024: Brooks Koepka hit Rory McIlroy with a not-so-subtle jab on the eve of the Masters
Throughout his career, Brooks Koepka has gone out of his way to let people know he’s not some golf nerd who can recite the game’s history book. But you can be damn sure he’s aware of where his total of five major championships stacks up with the legends of the sports—especially compared to one of Read more…
2024 Masters: These were the two golf swing tips Butch Harmon gave to Rory McIlroy
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Early during Masters week, Rory McIlroy summed up his recent visit to the iconic teacher Butch Harmon with one light-hearted quip. “I always joke that if you spend four hours with Butch, and you go away with two swing tips and 30 stories,” he said. That’s ultimately what Butch Harmon, who late Read more…
Masters picks 2024: The signs point to Rory McIlroy
Whether you are a casual viewer of golf, a diehard fan, a DFS guy or just an outright bettor, there is absolutely no better week than this one—Masters week. Everybody’s in a pool, everybody’s got a sleeper, everybody’s going to get rich off that one prop bet they love. It’s just a great time to Read more…
Opinion: Globally, golf really needs Tiger Woods or Rory McIlroy to win the Masters
Professional golf needs a shot in the arm. Either result would help deliver it.
Masters 2024: In bid to complete career grand slam, Rory McIlroy has booster in Tiger Woods: ‘He’ll get it done’
AUGUSTA, Ga. — It’s the first piece of advice we all get when patience rather than overreaction is required: Take a breath and count to 10. Which is what Rory McIlroy has done, at least metaphorically. Already a past winner of the PGA Championship, the U.S. Open and the Open Championship, the Northern Irishman will Read more…
Jimmy Walker snapped his putter(!) and instantly got the needle from Rory McIlroy
Jimmy Walker could have suffered the embarrassment in relative anonymity. But no, Golf Channel happened to catch him on the eighth hole on Friday in the Valero Texas Open doing something rarely witnessed on the PGA Tour. With Rory McIlroy doing on-air commentary, no less. Walker, the 2016 PGA Championship winner, had a seven-foot putt Read more…
Spotted! This is a new (but also old) tweak in Rory McIlroy’s backswing
Rory McIlroy has been working through some things in his golf swing recently. At the Players Championship, McIlroy said he effectively needed two golf swings: One that felt and worked amazingly well off the tee, but hurt him with his irons. So, in the weeks between the Players and the Masters, Rory revealed he paid Read more…
Masters 2024: What a subtle iron switch might say about Rory McIlroy’s mindset
McIlroy swapped his 4-iron, going from TaylorMade’s P760 model to a prototype with a muscle cavity after a visit to TaylorMade’s test centre in Carlsbad, California.
Valero Texas Open DFS picks 2024: Why Rory McIlroy is a hard pass for me
The PGA Tour makes one more stop at the Valero Texas Open before the first major of the year. While many golf fans will be eagerly awaiting that first tee ball on Masters Thursday morning, there is still plenty of opportunity to be had this week in San Antonio. The Valero Texas Open is one Read more…
Masters 2024: Trevor Immelman contends building pressure is biggest obstacle to Rory McIlroy completing career Grand Slam
Since his epic back-nine collapse in 2011 that torpedoed what would have been a wire-to-wire victory, McIlroy hasn’t given himself many chances at the Masters.
Shane Lowry announces Zurich Classic partnership with Rory McIlroy with amazing photo from the pair’s Irish junior days
While you may not know it from their divergent career paths, Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry have been playing golf together a longggg time.
Scottie Scheffler is playing so well his caddie is out-earning Rory McIlroy
Let’s get this out of the way first: Rory McIlroy’s bank account will be just fine. According to Forbes, the golfer was 15th among The World’s Highest-Paid Athletes in 2023, and if Spotrac’s numbers are right, he’s earned at least $140,933,264 over his career. The Northern Irishman has four majors and 24 tour wins, so Read more…
Players 2024: Rory McIlroy sees PGA Tour opportunity amid ‘disconnect’ between PIF and LIV
McIlroy cautioned that the current state of affairs, with two entities currently holding very different forms of competition and some players secured by LIV through the late 2020s, will require patience to be worked out.
Players Championship: Rory McIlroy’s run-in with a frog at TPC Sawgrass leads to a bogey
Rory McIlroy’s wild start to the 2024 Players Championship continued on Friday with a literal brush with some wildlife at TPC Sawgrass. Playing his second shot from the rough at the par-3 third during the second round, Rory recoiled after seeing something in the thick grass. It turned out to be a frog. Check it Read more…
Players 2024: Golf Channel reenacting Rory McIlroy’s penalty by throwing balls into the water was one of the wildest TV segments ever
Rory McIlroy’s debated penalty drops made for an undebatable top storyline on Day 1 of the Players Championship. On our website alone you can read about what happened on those two holes, a further explanation of what happened on those two holes, and a column about how the uncomfortable situations could have been avoided. But Read more…
