PGA Tour vs. LIV Golf: Who you got, Scottie and Rory or Bryson and Brooks?
The British Open is the final sanctioned event between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf in 2024. There is the Olympics, but tour affiliation is not a factor like in the major tournaments. The PGA Tour has won the first two majors of 2024, with LIV Golf claiming its latest victory at the U.S. Open. […]
Rory McIlroy reveals he ‘blanked’ Tiger Woods after U.S. Open heartbreak
Rory McIlroy’s collapse at the U.S. Open has been widely reported over the past month. A baffling short miss on the 16th, a failed up-and-down on the 18th, a bad break on the par-5 5th and a miss on the par-3 15th will all live in infamy forever because they sealed McIlroy’s decade-long drought in […]
Rory McIlroy reveals where he got over US Open heartbreak
TROON, Scotland — Tuesday marked exactly 30 days since Rory McIlroy missed two short putts on the final three holes of the final round at Pinehurst No. 2 Golf Club and missed out on winning the U.S. Open. The pain was clear on his pale face as he stumbled out of the 18th hole and […]
What Tiger Woods told Rory McIlroy after US Open disaster
Tiger Woods has been there too. McIlroy, a 15-time major champion, recalled a text message he sent to longtime friend Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy after he collapsed at Pinehurst No. 2 Golf Course in North Carolina, where he lost by one stroke to Bryson DeChambeau in last month’s U.S. Open. “I just sent him a […]
Rory McIlroy’s putter lets him down at Scottish Open, yet feels ready for Royal Troon
Rory McIlroy struggled on the greens at the Genesis Scottish Open but still managed to finish in a tie for fourth place. He finished fourth behind Scotsman Robert McIntyre, who won the tournament last year despite his putting been poor for most of the week. McIntyre, like McIlroy did a year ago, birdied the 18th […]
Erica Stoll back on course with Rory McIlroy at Scottish Open
Erica Stoll is back on the golf course supporting her PGA Tour star husband, Rory McIlroy, after he withdrew his divorce filing after a brief separation. Stoll was all smiles as he walked the course Thursday at the Genesis Scottish Open, where world number two McIlroy is looking to bounce back from a disastrous defeat […]
“Great day until it wasn’t:” Rory McIlroy opens up on U.S. Open collapse for first time
Rory McIlroy spoke for the first time since suffering a demoralizing defeat on the second hole at Pinehurst last month. Ahead of this week’s Genesis Scottish Open, the tournament he won in dramatic style a year ago, McIlroy called the final round of this year’s U.S. Open “a great day until it wasn’t.” McIlroy was […]
Rory McIlroy talks for first time on how he dealt with US Open choke
Rory McIlroy is ready to put his disastrous U.S. Open defeat behind him. McIlroy spoke at length for the first time Wednesday about how he overcame the disappointment of missing two short putts on the final three holes that denied him a win at Pinehurst and his first major championship in a decade. “I was […]
Jon Rahm blames announcers for Rory McIlroy critics after they ‘severely underplayed’ putt difficulty
Critics continue to believe Rory McIlroy was forced to make that putt in the final moments of his dramatic collapse at the U.S. Open last week. But LIV Golf star Jon Rahm defended McIlroy and criticized the tournament’s golf announcers, who he believes “grossly underestimated” the difficulties McIlroy faced with the putt on the 18th […]
Jon Rahm blames NBC announcer for Rory McIlroy choking backlash
Jon Rahm thinks NBC golf announcers “grossly underestimated” the difficulty of Rory McIlroy’s missed putt on the 18th hole at the 2024 U.S. Open. McIlroy bogeyed three of his final four holes to end a shocking collapse in a major on the second hole at Pinehurst on Sunday, allowing Bryson DeChambeau to win the tournament. […]