A birdie-eagle finish courtesy of a stunning tap-in eagle to finish the third round at the BMW PGA Championship has Rory McIlroy poised to overtake an injured Patrick Reed at the top of the DP World Tour’s Race to Dubai.
There was a lot of specificity in the PGA Tour’s overnight announcement about future membership criteria towards its two-tiered future. Which made the lack of information towards one group somewhat noteworthy.
Rory McIlroy battled 35mph gusts and a stop-start pace of play to card a one-under 71 at the Irish Open, sitting four shots off Joaquin Niemann’s course-record 65. “I hung in there,” McIlroy said, as Daniel Hillier led the Australian charge in tough conditions at Doonbeg.
With its financial ties now severed, the LIV Golf exodus may finally begin, and while that is certainly a bad thing for the league itself, McIlroy sees it as good thing for the game of golf as a whole.
Adam Scott and Min Woo Lee are both well placed to reach the Tour Championship, while Rory McIlroy bounced back from a poor week in Memphis with a six-under 64 at the BMW Championship.
Rory McIlroy has warned any LIV Golf players hoping to return to the PGA Tour face a difficult path back, with the window for a favourable deal already closed.
Rory McIlroy has weighed in on LIV Golf’s uncertain future and the prospect of players returning to the PGA Tour, while Scottie Scheffler and Adam Scott offered a more measured take.
It’s said that you’re not supposed to beat a dead horse, but after his pro-am appearance on Wednesday at the BMW Championship, Rory McIlroy – long one of LIV Golf’s most outspoken critics – hit the floundering league with one last roundhouse for the road.
Adam Scott is set to renew his Australian Open rivalry with Rory McIlroy after confirming he’ll tee up in both the national championship and the Australian PGA.. Loyal to his home tour throughout his long career, former world No.1 Scott will seek to win the Joe Kirkwood Cup for a third time when the Australian Read more…
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