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Aug 19, 2025, 05:27 PM ET ATLANTA — Rory McIlroy didn’t leave Augusta National as the Masters champion without one last purchase from the gift shop. He said there were 1,100 pin flags remaining in the Masters Shop. “And we took all 1,100,” McIlroy said Tuesday ahead of the Tour Championship, the end of a PGA Tour season that has …

It’s not the greatest look for the PGA Tour and its playoff format that Rory McIlroy is blowing off the first leg of the three-tournament bonanza. And one influential Tour veteran is not pleased about the reigning Masters champion’s absence. “Very concerned,” Peter Malnati, one of the player directors on the PGA Tour Policy Board, told Golfweek. There’s currently no …

PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — Rory McIlroy didn’t leave Portrush with the Claret Jug under his arm Sunday night, but he was a winner nonetheless at the 153rd British Open. There are times by the end of some sporting events when there’s more than one winner, even though there’s only one trophy awarded. Scottie Scheffler put the tournament to sleep with …

CNN  —  As the latest inductee into one of sport’s most exclusive clubs, there is little that grand slam champion Rory McIlroy has not seen in the game of golf. Then, just past the halfway mark of his Open Championship third round on Saturday, he swung. Enjoying an excellent day in front of a vociferous home support at Royal Portrush …

PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland – Rory McIlroy gave the home fans plenty to cheer about Saturday at The Open. He also left them bewildered with one of the strangest occurrences he could ever remember. Fortunate to draw a clean lie after a wild drive to the right of the 12th fairway, McIlroy smashed down on his short iron from 151 yards …

So, this was weird: Rory McIlroy, playing his second shot from the rough on the 11th at Royal Portrush in Round 3 of the British Open, somehow managed to unearth another ball in mid-swing. Seriously, look at this: Here’s another look: The second ball was apparently embedded in the ground a few inches ahead of McIlroy’s ball, and popped into …

Jul 19, 2025, 12:43 PM ET Rory McIlroy‘s third-round charge at the Open Championship was derailed in bizarre fashion Saturday when he unwittingly performed a trick shot at the 11th hole. With one swish of his club, McIlroy not only hit his designated ball out of the rough to the right of the fairway but also dug out another ball …

PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland – Six years ago, Rory McIlroy wrecked to a quadruple bogey-8 on his first hole, rallied on Day 2 in a futile attempt to make the cut, and offered an emotionally-charged recap of a week that, admittedly, overwhelmed him. By comparison, Friday’s fare was downright mundane. Following an opening 1-under 70 that didn’t include an 8 on …

The first round of the 2025 Open Championship saw Royal Portrush giving the 156-player field all it could handle as ever-changing weather conditions allowed the Northern Ireland course to show off its strength against the best players in the world. Ultimately, 31 players got into red figures in the first round, but the lead is just 4 under as no …

He waits, driving iron in hand, as one minute becomes three, then five. Enough time for the moment to grow even bigger. And for memories to flicker spitefully back to life. Finally the call comes. “This is game number 46. On the tee from Northern Ireland, Rory McIlroy.” There is a nod of acknowledgment. A few encouraging cries of “Goo-wan …