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McIlroy back to the drawing board to solve driving woes

McIlroy back to the drawing board to solve driving woes

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Rory McIlroy struggled with wayward tee shots in a four-over par 74 start Thursday at the PGA Championship, then was asked to describe his frustrating round at breezy Aronimink. McIlroy back to the drawing board to solve driving woes “Shit,” McIlroy said. Driving woes the world number two thought had been put behind him roared up again as the six-time major winner from Northern Ireland admitted his aggravation. “I’m just not driving the ball well enough to give myself enough scoring opportunities,” McIlroy said. “That’s pretty frustrating, especially when I pride myself on driving the ball well. I just need to try to figure it out. I honestly thought I had figured it out.” McIlroy, however, found his form in practice and tuneup events came to nought under major pressure. “Once I get under the gun, it just seems like it starts to go a little bit wayward on me,” McIlroy said. McIlroy struggled off the tee last month in his victory at the Masters, notably on the final hole where he found pine straw …

Why golfer Rory McIlroy was forced to hit a shot with ball under banana peel

Why golfer Rory McIlroy was forced to hit a shot with ball under banana peel

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Rory McIlroy’s campaign to win his second Australian Open title suffered its banana peel moment… from an actual banana peel! The world No 2 from Ireland had to hit a shot in the third round with the ball taking cover under a banana peel, which was possibly thrown on the golf course by a fan. But what was even more strange about the incident was that McIlroy had to play the shot without removing the banana peel. Why? In McIlroy’s own words: “It’s a loose impediment and it was resting on the ball so if I moved the banana peel, the ball would have moved so I just didn’t even didn’t even try. I mean, I shouldn’t have been there in the first place, but, yeah, I wasn’t the best to start.” Translation: if the ball had moved while he tried to pick up the banana peel, McIlroy would incur a one-stroke penalty. “I feel like this is a week of firsts and in a lot of ways,” McIlroy said. How had McIlroy ended in …

Rory McIlroy to make India debut in October 2025

Rory McIlroy to make India debut in October 2025

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Five-time Major winner Rory McIlroy is set to play in India for the first time. McIlroy confirmed that he will be participating in the inaugural DP World India Championship in New Delhi later this year. The USD 4 million event is set to take place from October 16 to 19 at the Delhi Golf Club. “I’m excited to not only tee it up in India for the first time but also visit a country that I’ve always wanted to explore,” said McIlroy. “I’m proud to play in the inaugural DP World India Championship. I’ve always enjoyed playing a global schedule and as I have previously said, there is tremendous potential to grow golf further in the country. This is a great opportunity, and I can’t wait to play in front of Indian golf fans.” Currently ranked No.2 in the world, McIlroy has spent 100 weeks at the top of the Official World Golf rankings and is one of just six men to have achieved a modern career grand slam. The Northern Irishman was also the …

Major Difference For Rory McIlroy At PGA After Winning Masters

Major Difference For Rory McIlroy At PGA After Winning Masters

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Rory McIlroy says winning the Masters to complete a long-sought career Grand Slam will change how he feels going into other majors, starting at next week’s PGA Championship. World number two McIlroy defeated England’s Justin Rose last month at Augusta National to capture his fifth major title, and first since 2014, to finally take the green jacket and complete the career Slam. The 36-year-old from Northern Ireland joined Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, Gary Player, Gene Sarazen and Ben Hogan with wins in all four major tournaments. So when McIlroy tees off next week at Quail Hollow, a course where he has won four PGA Tour titles, it will be as a reigning major champion for the first time in 10 years. “I’m obviously going to feel more comfortable and a lot less pressure, and I’m also going back to a venue that I love,” McIlroy said. “It’s nothing but positive vibes going in there next week with what happened a few weeks ago and then how well I’ve played at Quail. “Yeah, it …

Rory McIlroy’s psychologist reveals why golfer didn’t speak to Bryson DeChambeau at Masters

Rory McIlroy’s psychologist reveals why golfer didn’t speak to Bryson DeChambeau at Masters

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Rory McIlroy’s sports psychologist has addressed Bryson DeChambeau’s comments about the Northern Ireland golfer not speaking to him during the Masters at the Augusta National. After McIlroy won the Masters and completed a grand slam, DeChambeau said that he tried to speak to his compatriot but McIlroy in term offered no words. “No idea. Didn’t talk to me once all day,” DeChambeau said. When the LIV golfer was pressed further about why things played out that way, he implied that he tried to initiate conversation but got nothing back in return. “He wouldn’t talk to me.” Story continues below this ad McIlroy’s sports psychologist Bob Rotella cleared the air and said that there were a few things that the golfer was not going to do all tournament, and one of it was to not speak to other players. “That didn’t have anything to do with Bryson. That was just the game plan all week and we wanted to get lost in it. “We didn’t want to pay attention to what anyone else was scoring, or …

Rollercoaster Carries Rory McIlroy To Masters Glory At Last

Rollercoaster Carries Rory McIlroy To Masters Glory At Last

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Rory McIlroy put major championship miseries behind him with a heart-stopping victory at the Masters on Sunday that was nearly as nerve-wracking as some of the near-misses that came before. “You know, there was points on the back nine today, I thought, ‘Have I let this slip again?’” McIlroy admitted after giving up the solo lead three times before rolling in a four-foot birdie putt at the first playoff hole to beat Justin Rose. “Just a complete rollercoaster of a day,” McIlroy said. “An emotionally draining week for a lot of reasons, a lot of just rollercoaster rounds and late finishes. “(I’m) absolutely thrilled to be sitting here at the end of the week as the last man standing.” The world number two was riding high coming into the first major of the year having captured two US PGA Tour titles this year. But he had two double-bogeys in a first-round 72 that left him seven strokes off the pace and two more on Sunday to make him the first Masters winner with …

From Tiger Woods to Jack Nicklaus, golfing world hails Rory McIlroy for achieving career Grand Slam

From Tiger Woods to Jack Nicklaus, golfing world hails Rory McIlroy for achieving career Grand Slam

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While Rory McIlroy became only the sixth player to win the career Grand Slam of Masters, Open Championship, US Open and US PGA Championship by winning the Augusta Masters with a play-off win against Justin Rose, the Northern Ireland golfer has received praise from the golfing world for the feat. While Tiger Woods had become the last player to achieve the feat before McIlroy did the same on Sunday night, four other players before Woods had achieved the rare feat with Gene Sarazan, Ben Hogan, Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player to have won all the majors once in their career. “Welcome to the club. Completing the Grand Slam at Augusta is something special. Your determination during this round, and this entire journey has shown through, and now you’re a part of history. Proud of you.” Five-time Masters winner Woods wrote on X. While Woods had achieved the feat by winning the Open Championship in 2000, Gary Player is the oldest living member of the career grand slam winners. The nine-time major winner Player, who had …

Rory McIlroy on how much not winning Masters mattered

Rory McIlroy on how much not winning Masters mattered

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Rory McIlroy completed a lifelong dream when he won the Masters at the Augusta National and became only one of six players to complete the grand slam. McIlroy joined the illustrious company of Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Ben Hogan and Gene Sarazen by winning a Masters that he has been chasing for a decade with many near misses in between. On early Monday, with a simple putt to complete his trophy cabinet, the Northern Irishman felt the weight of history once again as he missed his shot and took the game into the playoffs. But once there, he made no more errors and collected his first ever green jacket. Story continues below this ad “It’s [been] very difficult,” McIlroy said. “I think I’ve carried that burden since August 2014. It’s nearly 11 years. And not just about winning my next major, but the career grand slam. Trying to join a group of five players to do it, watching a lot of my peers get Green Jackets in the process. Yeah, it’s been difficult. …

Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy launch futuristic golf league. Here’s everything you need to know about it | Golf News

Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy launch futuristic golf league. Here’s everything you need to know about it | Golf News

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A new golf league was launched a couple of days ago and has taken the world by storm. Yes, it involves the legendary Tiger Woods, and it isn’t played on a golf course. Here’s everything you need to know about it. What’s it called and who are its founders? It’s called TGL and no, the T doesn’t stand for Tiger. TGL stands for TMRW Golf League, a reference to TMRW Sports, the name of company that Woods, Rory McIlroy and Mike McCarley founded to get the league and several other projects off the ground. Where is it played? The TGL will be played at the SoFi Center in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. It contains a supersized version of a golf simulator screen on top of a massive green. Professionals hit from pads of grass or sand to the simulator screen which will register their distance and position. Wasn’t it supposed to start last year? Yes, the league was supposed to be launched last year but had to be postponed as the roof of its original …

Why Rory McIlroy spent a month away from golf, in a studio hitting balls against a screen? | Golf News

Why Rory McIlroy spent a month away from golf, in a studio hitting balls against a screen? | Golf News

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World No 3 Rory McIlroy playing in stifling heat at Yas Links at Abu Dhabi returned to competitive action after a month away from golf. He spent most of this time shut away in a studio hitting balls against a screen in search of a more robust swing that can hold up in pressure-filled moments, according to Associated Press. His return was marked by a 5-under 67 with a new swing in the first round of the Abu Dhabi Championship on Thursday, which left him 4 shots adrift of the clubhouse lead of Thorbjorn Olesen and Johannes Veerman and five shots off the lead held by Ryder Cup teammate Tommy Fleetwood in the first event of the European tour playoffs. McIlroy is seeking a victory that would clinch a sixth yearlong Race to Dubai title, and had the sole bogey, while he made six birdies, including a tap-in at the final stop. “It felt OK,” McIlroy was quoted as saying, not feeling too great, but hopeful of the new swing doing it’s thing. “I’ve gotten …