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Players 2024: The ‘awkward’ Jordan Spieth–Rory McIlroy rules confusion, explained for normal people
Assuming you’re not one of those golf fans who are deep in the weeds of which angle whose ball flew over which turtles, here’s a very basic breakdown to get you started.
Players 2024: Rory McIlroy’s rules controversies could’ve been avoided
It was entertaining and ridiculous yet extremely unnecessary with the potential to inadvertently harm the face of the tour.
Players 2024: Rory McIlroy says he’s ‘comfortable’ with both drops he took in strong opening round at Sawgrass
Where there correct place to drop was after two water balls became a talking point during and at the conclusion of McIlroy’s opening-round 65.
Rory McIlroy knows the PGA Tour’s problem, and he has the solution
The PGA Tour and its constituents know the league has lost its way, although just as important is recognising what brought them here in the first place. In Rory McIlroy’s opinion, that starts with questioning who’s behind the wheel.
Rory McIlroy says this swing thought ‘feels amazing’—but there’s a catch
PONTE VEDRA BEACH — Rory McIlroy was one of the first players on the course on Tuesday this week at TPC Sawgrass. The sun had barely appeared over the horizon when I caught Rory, playing alone, as he teed off on the fifth hole of his first practice round of the 2024 Players Championship. I Read more…
Rory McIlroy smashes historic drive on a charging back nine of 30
ORLANDO — Rory McIlroy took a shortcut on the way to posting his lowest back-nine score at Bay Hill Club and putting himself in the mix in the Arnold Palmer Invitational. It was what he might call the “fargiven” kind of shortcuts, to steal one of his lines. With one of the most prodigious tee Read more…
Rory McIlroy: PGA Tour should be more ‘cut-throat’, with fewer playing spots available
Playing opportunities on the PGA Tour appear to be contracting in this new age of signature events that feature larger purses and smaller fields. Rory McIlroy, who argued for creating the more exclusive tournaments – eight in all this year – isn’t inclined to give them his seal of approval.
Rory McIlroy’s putting is a sore point, and he’s working hard on getting better ahead of Masters
ORLANDO — No one should get the sense that there is an ounce of panic in the Rory McIlroy camp as it pertains to the one area of his game that could keep him from winning the career grand slam. Of course, when we put it like that, it seems like a perfect time to Read more…
Rory McIlroy rejects LIV Golf rumours
Rory McIlroy has softened his stance on LIV Golf in recent months, but that doesn’t mean the PGA Tour star has any plans of ever joining the Saudi-backed golf league.
Arnold Palmer Invitational picks 2024: Why Rory McIlroy will end the run of longshots
After we finally got a top-of-the-odds board winner at the Mexico Open, it was longshot SZN once more at the Cognizant Classic, where Austin Eckroat picked up his first PGA Tour victory at 100-1. PGA Tour events in 2024 remain fully up for grabs. That said, we’re back on the signature event grind with the Read more…
Did Scottie Scheffler take Rory McIlroy’s putting advice?
Upon seeing Scottie Scheffler miss a 10-footer on the 72nd green at the Genesis Invitational, Rory McIlroy, who had finished his final round earlier that day, was asked by CBS reporter Amanda Renner if he had any advice for Scheffler, particularly on the greens.
Arnold Palmer Invitational DFS picks 2024: Rory McIlroy is peaking
The PGA Tour’s fourth signature event of the season, the Arnold Palmer Invitational, remains one of the year’s best tests with a great field at Bay Hill Club and Lodge in Orlando, a Dick Wilson design that has featured numerous renovations by the King himself over the years. It’s the second year in a row Read more…
Watch Rory McIlroy suffer a triple-bogey water disaster at ‘The Bear Trap’
The three-hole stretch of PGA National is called “The Bear Trap” for good reason. With water, water everywhere, the 15th, 16th and 17th holes are among the toughest gauntlets anywhere on the PGA Tour. The 434-yard, par-4 16th, with wet stuff entirely down the right side, generally plays the easiest of the three, and this Read more…
Rory McIlroy answers Talor Gooch’s ‘asterisk’ comments and suggests LIV player work harder
Rory McIlroy is giving LIV Golf’s Talor Gooch a mulligan. Well, almost.
Rory McIlroy, Max Homa open to a PGA Tour event under lights
Golf under lights presents a number of challenges, both logistically and for the golfers themselves. That said, both McIlroy and Homa say they’d be open to an under-lights event at the PGA Tour level.
Rory McIlroy’s putting advice for Scottie Scheffler: ‘Try a mallet’
Putting coach Bill Smittle encourages golfers to test their performance with both blade and mallet putters to see if they are right for them, but generally, players who struggle with distance control or alignment are good candidates for mallet putters.
Rory McIlroy has some interesting thoughts on what a ‘global tour’ could look like
There was no mention of LIV Golf and where that would factor into his equation. McIlroy is well aware that getting everyone’s interests aligned is still an uphill battle.
Rory McIlroy’s evolving stance on LIV Golf and the PIF: A comprehensive timeline
This week, we attempted to compile every public quote Rory McIlroy has made about LIV Golf, its predecessor the Premier Golf League, Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and all the related drama in the golf world over the last four years. We scoured press conference transcripts, interviews with various media sources in the United States Read more…
NOT AGAIN: Caddie bib for Rory McIlroy is misspelt, no one can spell anymore
Two of golf’s premier talents having their names incorrectly spelt in such quick succession isn’t the best look for the sport.
WATCH: Rory McIlroy slapped with TWO-SHOT PENALTY for taking a wrong drop
Rory McIlroy went from the top of the leaderboard to the bottom half of the field in a matter of a few holes Thursday at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am
