WASHINGTON: The second-placed Spaniard Jon Rahm was eliminated after Friday’s final group in the WGC Match Play Championship but champions Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy moved on. Rahm, a three-time PGA champion this year, lost to 2021 WGC Match Play champion Billy Horschel 5&4 at the Austin Country Club in Texas, where 16 division winners,...
MIAMI: World number three Rory McIlroy vowed to turn his focus away from sports politics and back to the game after he missed the cut at the Players Championship on Saturday. McIlroy ended his second round in trouble on Saturday, carding a 73 that put him atop the five together to make it to the...
MIAMI: Rory McIlroy admitted on Tuesday that PGA Tour’s top golfers reaped the benefits of the rise of the LIV Golf tournament sponsored by Saudi Arabia. McIlroyhas been one of the PGA Tour’s staunch defenders in its bitter conflict with LIV last year, saying the introduction of the high-profile tour has forced the US tour...
MIAMI: The PGA Tour unveiled its new structure for the 2024 season that includes eight “special events” with special fields, no cut and increased prize money praised by Rory McIlroy such as producing a “compulsory product.” The move follows talks between the tournament and top players such as McIlroy and Tiger Woods after the launch...
LOS ANGELES: Rory McIlroy said the PGA Tour’s plans to streamline their majors won’t hurt lower-ranked golfers. The sport has responded to the rise of the Saudi-backed LIV Golf by focusing on the top division ‘organization’ in an effort to bring together the biggest stars. There is no agreed plan for the future development of...
SCOTTSDALE: High quality Rory McIlroyafter winning in Dubai, said he is playing the best golf of his career as he prepares to spend Thursday at the PGA Phoenix Open. The 33-year-old Northern Irishman beat Patrick Reed by a stroke two weeks ago for his third career title in Dubai, then returns home to push his...