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Rory McIlroy has denied meeting with Joe LaCava, Patrick Cantlay’s caddie, after a heated altercation between the two at the Ryder Cup extended from the 18th green to the parking lot on Saturday. The initial disagreement was sparked after LaCava, following a 43-foot birdie putt by Cantlay, celebrated on McIlroy’s putting line and didn’t immediately […]

Emotions tend to run high during the biannual Ryder Cup. Normally, the team that is trailing in the U.S. vs. Europe golf competition may find itself on edge, especially as the competition reaches a crucial stage. However, in this year’s competition, Team Europe has a commanding 10.5-5.5 lead heading into the final day. That didn’t […]

The world of golf regularly waits 2 years to wait for the start of the Ryder Cup. This battle between the top U.S. professionals and their counterparts from Europe is always considered an elite golf event. The two sides have gotten together once again in Italy, and the first day of competition was dominated thoroughly […]

The Ryder Cup rosters will look a little different than usual when the United States and Europe face off in Rome this weekend. LIV Golf players have been excluded from the European team, and only one member of LIV Golf will compete for the Americans. Rory McIlroy is the most experienced Ryder Cup player on […]

With the Ryder Cup set to take place beginning on September 29, things will look a lot different than they have in the past due to the LIV situation. Nonetheless, Rory McIlroy is still one of the top golfers who is set to play for Team Europe at the Ryder Cup, and he is still […]

If only golf were as easy as the pros made it out to be. For Justin Thomas, that simplicity with which he and his colleagues appear to play the game is a major part of the mindset they’ll adopt in the Ryder Cup as they attempt to knock off Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm and co. […]

Simply put, not every golfer is a fan of the staggered-stroke format the PGA Tour introduced to the Tour Championship in 2019. Jon Rahm has expressed his disdain for staggered strokes for several years now, this year saying he’d prefer the PGA Tour revert to the old system in which the top player in the […]

Rory McIlroy has not had a good showing so far at the Tour Championship. The Irish PGA star was hoping to redeem his -12 performance at the BMW Championship but that is looking bleak. He currently sits seventh with Matt Fitzpatrick and Jon Rahm as all of them have -7 on the board. However, his […]

If Rory McIlroy is to add a fourth FedEx Cup title to his resume, he’ll have to do so battling a back injury. As reported by Golf Channel’s Todd Lewis, McIlroy suffered an injury to his lower back earlier this week at his home in Jupiter, Florida. Despite dealing with what Lewis says is a […]

The Tour Championship is here, and a champion for this season will be crowned! This will continue our PGA Tour odds series as we hand out a Tour Championship prediction and pick. We will also let you know how to watch the Tour Championship. As a quick reminder, the Tour Championship has a little bit […]

Arthur Blank, the owner of the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons and MLS’s Atlanta United FC, is making another major sports investment by bringing an Atlanta franchise to the TGL golf league founded by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy. Wood and McIlroy, two of the biggest names in golf, have been building a high-tech league as the […]

The 2022-23 season has not gone how Rory McIlroy envisioned, as he was again unable to secure the fifth major title of his lauded career. Even so, the No. 2 ranked golfer won multiple tournaments and is in contention to grab another after tallying a 5-under opening round at the BMW Championship Thursday. McIlroy’s superb […]

While tensions between PGA Tour and LIV Golf players are relatively mild as of late, golfers from each side still will take a moment to throw the occasional jab at a player of the opposite tour. LIV stalwart and five-time major champion Phil Mickelson found himself in a tough spot on Thursday when it was […]

Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm, the no. 2 and no. 3 ranked players in the world, respectively, are the first players to be officially named to the European squad for the 2023 Ryder Cup. The 44th Ryder Cup will be played from Sept. 29 – Oct. 1 at Marco Simone Golf and Country Club outside […]

The PGA Tour unveiled its 2024 schedule, featuring a slew of notable changes amidst the pending partnership with LIV Golf, the DP World Tour, and the Saudi Arabia-backed Public Investment Fund. (Tiger Woods recently joined Rory McIlroy and others on the policy board, which helped formulate the revamped calendar.) The PGA Tour is rebranding its […]

Rory McIlroy’s putting coach is tired of the criticism that has been leveled against the PGA Tour star. Brad Faxon defended Rory McIlroy in an appearance on Golf Channel’s “Golf Today.” After coming in sixth place at the 2023 British Open, McIlroy’s major championship drought is set to reach 10 years in 2023. McIlroy nearly […]

It was a brilliant tournament for American Brian Harman, as he walked into Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, England and dominated the field in The Open Championship. Harman won the tournament with a cumulative score of 13 under par, six strokes better than four golfers who were 7-under. Rory McIlroy, one of the favorites […]

Brooks Koepka had a decent, albeit unspectacular first round at the Open Championship. He will head into the second day sporting a score of -1. Nevertheless, Koepka was content with his performance to start the tournament. Solid R1 @TheOpen Hunt is on for the 2nd 🏆 in the final Major of the season 😤 pic.twitter.com/lR2ILHAUlF […]

Brooks Koepka has been front and center in the LIV Golf feud with the PGA, after the announced merger between the leagues came in June and is still on going. Rory McIlroy has been outspoken on the PGA side, and an interviewer tried to bait Koepka into speaking on the rift of the two groups, […]

The Open Championship weekend is here, and it should be a lot of fun. Check out our PGA Tour odds series as we hand out an Open Championship prediction, pick, and how to watch. The world’s best golfers are coming together to compete for a major championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, England. […]

Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm will be in the same group for the first two rounds of the 151st edition of The Open Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Club, as noted by Mark Schlabach of ESPN. As if the star power of that group isn’t enough, also grouped with McIlroy and Rahm is former No. […]

Rory McIlroy is widely regarded as one of the best golfers in the world, but he had been in a bit of a cold stretch over the past few months. That all changed at the Scottish Open, where McIlroy ended up shooting 15 below par to hold off Robert MacIntyre and walk away with the […]

Rory McIlroy made his stance on LIV Golf even clearer on Thursday, saying he would rather retire than play for the Saudi-backed league. “If LIV Golf was the last place on Earth to play golf, I would retire,” McIlroy told reporters at the Scottish Open. “That’s how I feel about it.” The statement was a […]

In what was among the surprising details that were revealed by the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations during Tuesday’s hearing on the proposed agreement between the PGA Tour and the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund, golf superstars Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy were planned to have their own LIV Golf teams. Via Mark Schlabach […]

The PGA Championship was a wild turn of events after club pro Michael Block emerged and became a household name in a matter of a few days. Since then, he was on national television shows and made headlines left and right. However, Block went viral for some comments regarding Rory McIlroy. Here’s what he said […]

Just a week after falling short at the 2023 US Open, which was ultimately won by Wyndham Clark, Rory McIlroy had another strong performance that did not result in a victory, as he settled for a T-7 at the 2023 Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands. After the tournament, Rory McIlroy shared an honest take […]

It is the Travelers Championship at the TPC at River Highlands in Cromwell, Connecticut. Stars such as Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy will tee it off this week at the Travelers Championship. It is now time to continue our PGA odds series with a look at the Fan Duel Tournament specials for the Travelers Championship […]

The wait continues for Rory McIlroy’s dreams of ending his drought for a major title. He came awfully close again to winning his first major title in nearly nine years at the recently concluded 2023 US Open, finishing second to Wyndham Clark when it was all said and done at the Los Angeles Country Club. […]

Another major, another heartbreaker for Rory McIlroy. After coming up short at the 2023 US Open, the Northern Irishman’s wait for a drought-ending win at a major tournament continues. However, McIlroy is not one to be discouraged by such a result. “When I do finally win this next major, it’s going to be really, really […]

Another major tournament, another close-but-not-quite finish for Rory McIlroy. A four-time major champion by the age of 25, it’s now been almost nine years since he last won one of the big four events, and he went agonizingly close once again at the 2023 US Open. And an obscure stat points to the issue which […]

Wyndham Clark took down his first major at the US Open at The Los Angeles Country Club, narrowly beating Rory McIlroy, who is still hunting his first major since 2014. A lot of people are happy for Wyndham Clark winning his first major, but many had reactions to McIlroy falling short again. Let’s get to […]

After four thrilling rounds at the 2023 US Open, a champion has finally been crowned and it’s no other than Wyndham Clark, whose steely nerves and steady play had him outlasting the likes of Rory McIlroy, Scottie Scheffler, and Rockie Fowler for his first-ever win in a major tournament. Of course, Twitter is having a […]

Rory McIlroy is one of the most successful golfers in the world. In fact, at one point, he even took the pole position in the Official World Golf Ranking. Furthermore, McIlroy has won several major championships in his career. With a decorated golfer like McIlroy, have you ever wondered how he lives? Well, wonder no […]

Golf’s third major of the year, the 2023 U.S. Open, tees off on Thursday at the historic Los Angeles Country Club. The tournament, operated by the USGA, will be the first to include PGA Tour members and LIV Golf players since last week’s earth-shaking announcement that the tours (and the DP World Tour) may form […]

Rory McIlroy and Brooks Koepka are playing together at the U.S. Open in Los Angeles following the recent LIV Golf-PGA Tour merger, per ESPN. McIlroy was one of the most outspoken critics of LIV Golf when PGA players, such as Koepka, began leaving the Tour to join it. Although McIlroy has quit talking about LIV quite […]

On Tuesday, the golf landscape was tectonically shifted — maybe — by the stunning revelation that the PGA Tour plans to join forces with the DP World Tour and Public Investment Fund (PIF) — the Saudi-based sovereign wealth fund that backs the LIV Tour. The “memorandum of understanding” — as Squawk on the Street host […]

It’s safe to say that neither Rory McIlroy nor LIV Golf is pleased that the merger between the PGA Tour and the rival association will bring the two parties together. McIlroy, in a recent interview before the RBC Canadian Open on Wednesday, reluctantly admitted that the merger will be good for golf but said that […]

After a massive merge with the LIV, the PGA Tour heads north of the border for the RBC Canadian Open. This will continue our PGA Tour Odds series as we hand out an RBC Canadian Open prediction and pick while we let you know how to watch, as well. Viktor Hovland earned himself a stunning […]

The PGA Tour shockingly announced it has agreed to merge with LIV Golf and the DP World Tour on Tuesday, and Rory McIlroy, who has been very vocal against LIV Golf, said that the feelings still remain after the merger. “But it’s not LIV, I think that’s the thing,” Rory McIlroy said, via Sky Sports […]