Rory McIlroy makes HUGE Grand Slam claim after Masters 2018 final day disappointment

Only four of the 54 players in action shot higher than McIlroy’s 74 as his bid for a career Grand Slam crashed and burned. A share of fifth place, six shots behind winner Patrick Reed, was a bitter disappointment but he promises he will be back. “I played probably some of the best golf I’ve […]

Masters 2018 LIVE: Updates, scores & leaderboard as Rory McIlroy bids to stop Patrick Reed

McIlroy (-11) is bidding to become the sixth man to win the career Grand Slam and is within striking distance of overnight leader Patrick Reed (-14). Reed, who has yet to land a major title, takes a three-shot lead into the final round having made two eagles in a round of 67. Rickie Fowler (-9) […]

Rory McIlroy challenged Patrick Reed before the final round of the Masters as the pair is set to renew their rivalry

Andrew Redington/Getty Images Patrick Reed leads the Masters at 14-under and will be paired with Rory McIlroy in the final round on Sunday. McIlroy is three shots back, but after his round, he challenged his American counterpart. Reed and McIlroy famously went head-to-head in one of the best Ryder Cup matches in recent memory. Several […]

Rory McIlroy hits once-in-a-lifetime bunker shot at the Masters – and it almost goes in

The Northern Irishman moved to seven under for the day, shooting back-to-back birdies on the third and fourth holes at Augusta – but his pursuit of Patrick Reed looked momentarily in trouble after finding the bunker on the fifth. Trapped under the steep face just south of the green, McIlroy’s chip attempt out of the […]

Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy to reignite rivalry after 30 months without facing each other

Organisers of the event confirmed a story run last week by Express Sport that McIlroy is returning to the event for only a second occasion after contesting the then 2016 Northern Trust Open and finishing T20th behind Bubba Watson. The Tiger Woods Foundation took over the running of the event this year but with Woods […]

PGA Tour 2017: Rory McIlroy jokes he wouldn’t mind trading places with Galileo

The four-time Major winner has singled out, and when quizzed who if he had the chance to ‘trade places’ with, champion Irish racehorse, Galileo. Galileo, and foaled in March 1998, is now retired and a very active sire. But in a racing career of just one year from October 2000 to October 2001 Galileo contested […]

PGA Championship 2017: Rory McIlroy hails Jordan Spieth's resilience ahead of Quail Hollow

Spieth’s dramatic Open victory at Royal Birkdale means he needs to win the final major of the year to become the youngest player – and only the sixth ever – to complete a career grand slam. And although McIlroy has been installed as the bookmakers’ favourite on the back of his improved form and superb […]

US Open 2017: Rory McIlroy has nightmare first round as Ricky Fowler leads the way

Aside from holing a monster 80-foot eagle putt at the second and where he drove the front edge of the green, McIlroy struggled finding just five of 14 fairways and for the most part was seen marching left, right, left, right about the course on route to a horror six over par tally. It was […]