The about-face from McIlroy on the issue was something that was noted by commenters on social media.
Though McIlroy’s opinions are often lauded by industry people, Brad Faxon, long-time tour pro and now a golf commentator, took issue with part of McIlroy’s tweet.
McIlroy took to social media overnight to explain, in his estimation, why all the fuss is unnecessary.
The results were released to players today in a memo from PGA Tour executive vice-president and chief player officer Jason Gore.
TGL, the Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy-led mixed-reality circuit previously scheduled to launch in five weeks, will now be delayed a year after extensive damage to the league’s arena.
Spieth, 30, has previously served on the board, both as a representative on the Player Advisory Council and as a player director.
There was room for hint at some regret over a 2023 in which he failed to add to his total of four major championship victories.
Few could argue that McIlroy, in what are likely to be the peak years of his already storied career, gave plenty to the PGA Tour cause since joining the board in 2021. With some justification, he is clearly proud of the contribution he has made.
Rory McIlroy hit a tee shot that wound up in a female fan’s lap on Thursday. Incredibly, that wasn’t even his wildest hole of the back nine. The four-time major champ needed a two-time reprieve from the water hazard on the 18th hole of Jumeirah Golf Estates’ Earth Course as he wound up making one Read more…
Rory McIlroy found his golf ball in an unusual spot during Thursday’s opening round of the DP World Tour Championship. And one fan went viral because of it. McIlroy’s drive on the 13th hole at the Jumeirah Golf Estates’ Earth Course went long and into the crowd before somehow settling in one lady’s lap. McIlroy Read more…
Photos on social media showed what appeared to be a partial collapse of the air-supported dome of the SoFi Center in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.
The Spaniard, who sits second in the Race to Dubai but can’t win it even with a victory this weekend, spoke on a range of pressing matters in Dubai.
Former champion Rory McIlroy has challenged golf’s decision makers to return the Australian Open to return to its former glory while the professional game’s global schedule continues to evolve.
Rory McIlroy has resigned from the PGA Tour’s policy board. The move was first reported by the New York Times.
McIlroy, who is competing in the DP World Tour’s season finale in Dubai this week, was seen using TaylorMade’s Qi10 LS driver at Jumeirah Golf Estates on Tuesday.
Rightly or wrongly, at the age of 34, McIlroy feels he has just less than a decade or so left at the top of the game.
The banter, indeed, was fierce at times. And all off-the-record. Anything else would be an invasion of privacy and unethical. But it was fun to listen to.
McIlroy revealed the two PGA Tour stars have an “average relationship at best” in his latest interview with Paul Kimmage of the Irish Independent.
Homa is the fifth American to win the Nedbank Golf Challenge, but the first since it became a DP World Tour event.
If Rory McIlroy has inside knowledge into what Jon Rahm is thinking on a variety of subjects, it sounds unlikely that the Spaniard will be making the leap to LIV Golf anytime soon.