Rory McIlroy admits he was ‘wrong’ to be ‘so sceptical’ about the Olympic Games and claims it would be ‘pretty cool’ to win a gold medal after shooting himself into contention by trailing leader Xander Schauffele by just three shots By Charlotte Daly For Mailonline Published: 07:56 EDT, 31 July 2021 | Updated: 07:56 EDT, … Read more
Rory McIlroy’s Royal St George’s comeback fails to ignite as majestic front nine gives 32-year-old hope only for mistakes to end his unlikely bid for glory at The Open Rory McIlroy’s hopes of a Royal St George’s comeback were dashed on day three The Northern Irishman started brilliantly, posting a card of 31 at four-under-par … Read more
9.20am Yuxin Lin 9.30am Talor Gooch, Bryson DeChambeau 9.40am Richard Mansell, Bernd Wiesberger 9.50am Marcus Armitage, JC Ritchie 10.00am Ryosuke Kinoshita, Poom Saksansin 10.10am Rickie Fowler, Antoine Rozner 10.20am Brendan Steele, Robert MacIntyre 10.30am Sam Burns, Harris English 10.40am Abraham Ancer, Jason Kokrak 10.50am Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Sam Horsfield 11.05am Rory McIlroy, Richard Bland 11.15am Benjamin … Read more
Everyone thinks they can read an athlete’s body language. The hurried, anxious walk to take a penalty kick; the nervous shuffling at the batsman’s crease; stepping away from the putt at a vital moment; the first boxer to drop his eyes at the weigh-in. And sometimes we’re right, sometimes we’re wrong. The penalty goes in, … Read more
No opening disaster for Rory McIlroy this time as Ulsterman admits he will sleep easy after hitting birdie on the eighteenth to provide hope of a challenge to The Open frontrunners Rory McIlroy avoided calamity in his first round of The Open with a good display The Ulsterman finished on level par with a birdie … Read more
Golf’s star players are queuing up to criticise the course Royal St George’s, the host of this week’s Open Championship, grumbling at the ‘unfair’ bumpy fairways, the ‘diabolical’ thick rough and blind tee shots. The world-famous links at Sandwich in Kent is hosting The Open for the 15th time this week, yet Jack Nicklaus once said … Read more
Rory McIlroy looks on in utter bemusement as spectator grabs a club from his bag then takes a few practice swings on the 10th tee in bizarre scenes at the Scottish Open Footage on social media showed a man take one of Rory McIlory’s clubs McIlroy was waiting to play his tee shot on the … Read more
Rory McIlroy looks on in utter bemusement as spectator grabs a club from his bag then takes a few practice swings on the 10th tee in bizarre scenes at the Scottish Open Footage on social media showed the man take one of Rory McIlory’s clubs The spectator was quickly dealt with by security staff after the incident … Read more
Lucas Herbert clinches spot in The Open with wire-to-wire triumph in Ireland… while Rory McIlroy admits he must work ‘pretty hard’ on his game after another disappointing display Lucas Herbert clinched a place in the Open with his second European Tour title He described the result at the Mount Juliet Estate as an ‘unbelievable feeling’ … Read more
It’s been quite a while since we’ve seen Rory McIlroy with a look of such intent and focus that he showed at the start of his third round at the 121st US Open yesterday. A long time, too, since we’ve seen him just where he wants to be heading into the final round of a … Read more