Due to the vagaries of the world ranking system, Rory Mcilroy is set to grab the top spot from Brooks Koepka. Neither player is playing this week’s AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am which means when the hard sums are crunched next Monday McIlroy will regain World Number One for the first time since 2015.
Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, Jason Day and Hideki Matsuyama will go head to head in a globally televised skins game, the first in a series of annual competitions staged by GOLFTV. "The Challenge: Japan Skins" will take place on the 21st October ahead of the PGA Tour's Zozo Championship at Accordia Golf Narashino C.C. in Chiba, Japan, and we will not be watching.
Rory has just finished his third round at the South African Open, and he's carded a useful 67 to go into second place behind Graeme Storm on moving day.
This is it, the big one. A European Number One will be crowned on Sunday as the top players on the European Tour play in the season finale. Rory McIlroy may be in pole position but the chasing pack are close...really close. It's all to play for. Here are GolfPunk's tips for the big one.
A member of the gallery at Quail Hollow tossed a golf ball with an earplug attached at Rory McIlroy and Rickie Fowler while the pair was on the tee at No. 6. The thrower was escorted out of the tournament.
Rory McIlroy was trenchant in his criticism of Muirfield’s ‘No’ vote to women’s membership. But now one of the Muirfield 'No' guard has had a pop at him for being a hypocrite. The fightback has begun!
When George Herbert Walker created the Walker Cup, he could never have imagined the drama and excitement that was to follow. We take a pictorial voyage through this marvelous tournament...
Bryson DeChambeau, with his one-length Cobra irons, joined Henrik Stenson at the top of the leaderboard at Bay Hill while Tiger trod water and Rory showed he is beginning to tread lightly in the right direction.
In a recent interview with the Daily Telegraph, Rory McIlroy pointed out that golfers who have great success one year often stumble immediately afterwards.
He has been saying for a while now that he needs to get off to better starts in events and in Mexico yesterday Rory McIlroy delivered. The World Number One soared into a two-stroke first round lead at the WGC-Mexico Championship to continue an excellent run of form of late with a six-under-par 65 at Chapultepec Golf Club.
It's the Omega Dubai Desert Classic this week, and the Spiv as done his homework. Checkout the best ways to earn some cash this week by following his top tips.
Victor Perez became the first French winner of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship after one of the most exciting finishes in the history of the event, winning by one shot from England’s Matthew Southgate at St Andrews. Whilst, at the same time, Rory McIlroy, finishing tied for 26th place complains to the BBC that the European Tour is too easy.
