Rivalry

April 11th, 2026

Masters 2026: There’s only one man who can stop Rory McIlroy – paging Patrick Reed

Patrick Reed glanced from the clubhouse veranda down at Rory McIlroy as McIlroy came up the 18th, not unlike an apex predator surveying its prey.

October 17th, 2025

WATCH: Did Bryson DeChambeau dagger Rory McIlroy in his latest episode of ‘Break 50’ or are golf fans imagining things?

What could have (and perhaps should have) been a quiet day during golf’s autumn ebb turned into another hubbub when Bryson DeChambeau seemingly evoked Rory McIlroy’s gut-wrenching missed putt on the 18th hole of the 2024 US Open

May 26th, 2021

A timeline of Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau’s gloriously petty rivalry

What sequence of insults, insinuations, and short-lived ceasefires led us to the brink of World War Golf? In order to answer that question, we first have to catalogue the full breadth of Brooks vs Bryson.

October 17th, 2019

Koepka dismisses Rory rivalry: “He hasn’t won a Major since I’ve been on the PGA Tour”

Brooks Koepka has emerged as golf’s best player over the past few years. When it comes to manufacturing motivation to stay on top, though, he’s even more dominant.