Topic: Rory McIlroy

I wept after U.S. Masters meltdown, says McIlroy

(Reuters) - Rory McIlroy said he wept after letting victory slip from his grasp at the U.S. Masters in April and the world number two is hoping the only golf-related crying he does in the future will be tears of joy.In a ...

Major champions set for 36-hole showdown

Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy and Darren Clarke, South African Charl Schwartzel and American Keegan Bradley will battle for bragging rights starting Tuesday in the PGA Grand Slam of Golf.The $1.35 million event at Port Royal Golf Course is the 29th showcase of ...

No long-term injury worries for McIlroy

Reigning US Open champion Rory McIlroy has no long-term injury fears about finishing the PGA Championship with a strained right wrist tendon and no concern that he might do it more damage.McIlroy's physical worries about playing on after suffering the injury in ...

McIlroy injured early at PGA Championship

Reigning US Open champion Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland suffered an injury to his right forearm on Thursday after hitting a ball near a tree root in round one of the PGA Championship.McIlroy was in the trees on the third hole and ...

PGA Championship wide open with Woods no longer a favorite

JOHNS CREEK, Georgia (Reuters) - Professional golf's shifting landscape is sharply illustrated at this week's PGA Championship where four-times winner Tiger Woods is ranked among the 'others' behind three European favorites.U.S. Open champion Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland has been installed as ...

McIlroy not ready to end Tiger Era just yet

Rory McIlroy refused to pronounce an end to golf's Tiger Woods era on the eve of the 93rd PGA Championship, but the reigning US Open champion hopes to hasten a new age by winning more majors."I'm playing very well," McIlroy said Wednesday. ...

McIlroy makes wrong kind of splash in Ireland

KILLARNEY, Ireland (Reuters) - Rory McIlroy dismayed a huge adoring gallery Thursday when the U.S. Open champion dunked his ball into the water at the 18th hole to run up a double-bogey six in the Irish Open first round.The 22-year-old local hero ...

Swede Noren romps 11 shots clear after course record 63

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swede Alexander Noren was unstoppable on Saturday as he fired a course record nine-under 63 to charge into an 11-shot lead after the Scandinavian Masters third round.Twice U.S. Open winner Retief Goosen is the only player to open a ...

McIlroy targets US/British Open double

Rory McIlroy will try to emulate Tiger Woods at Royal St George's this week by winning the British Open four weeks after winning the US Open.Woods was the last to achieve that rare feat in 2000 when he staggered the golf world ...

"Tiger vacuum" filled by flood of new talent

LONDON (Reuters) - There will be a huge depth of golfing knowledge amid the galleries of Royal St George's this week but even the keenest statistician might be hard pressed to name the winners of the last 11 major championships.What makes it ...
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