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FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — Rory McIlroy will play for the visiting team this week, but he is at home. He is usually the most popular player on any course, but most fans here will openly cheer against him, and he looks forward to it. The Ryder Cup does not define McIlroy, but it helps explain him. Europe’s best player is also …

When Rory McIlroy revealed last month that he had been approached to be a playing Captain at future Ryder Cups it raised a few eyebrows. At just 36 and seemingly the peak of his powers having completed the career Grand Slam, the idea that he would not be focusing all his energies inside the ropes seemed strange to some. But …

European captain Luke Donald has picked a series of heavyweight pairings – including reuniting Rory McIlroy and Tommy Fleetwood – as he looks for the visitors to make a fast start in the Ryder Cup against the United States at Bethpage. Northern Ireland’s McIlroy and England’s Fleetwood linked up to great effect in Europe’s victory in Rome two years ago, …

Rory McIlroy made a 30-foot eagle putt on his final hole of regulation to force a playoff and then beat Joakim Lagergren on the third extra hole — all with the support of a highly partisan crowd at the Amgen Irish Open. Lagergren (66) eagled the par-5 16th and birdied the par-5 18th at The K Club to enter the …

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 …