Rory McIlroy stays patient as he eases back into action at The Players
Defending champion was clearly not swinging at 100 per cent force during his first round at Sawgrass
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Rory McIlroy says ‘indications in right direction’ to defend Players Championship despite injury
McIlroy’s delayed arrival to Sawgrass came after spending time receiving intensive treatment on a lower back injury
Akshay Bhatia dedicates Bay Hill win to late niece who died from rare disease
Graeme McDowell shows improved form on LIV
Rory McIlroy says back injury is ‘more stubborn’ than he thought as he tries to get fit for Players
Séamus Power added to the field for Players Championship
Rory McIlroy’s injury withdrawal comes at worst possible stage in his season
World number two hopeful of defending his Players title next week after withdrawing from Arnold Palmer Invitational
Rory McIlroy to defend Players title despite withdrawal from Arnold Palmer Invitational
McIlroy felt a twinge while warming up in the gym and later suffered muscle spasms in his lower back
Rory McIlroy keeps his patience to make a move at Arnold Palmer Invitational
Second round 68 gets McIlroy into contention at Bay Hill as Shane Lowry misses cut
Shane Lowry makes lacklustre start at Arnold Palmer Invitational
Irishman left with work to do to make the cut after flat response to Cognizant Classic collapse
Shane Lowry’s collapse at PGA National will leave some mental scarring
Winning on the PGA Tour is hard, which makes the chances that slip away all the harder to take
Shane Lowry: ‘The hardest thing is I’ve never won in front of my four-year-old, she was there waiting’
Irish golfer led by three shots with three holes to go in the PGA Tour event
Shane Lowry suffers nightmare collapse over closing holes to miss out on $1.7 million payday
Nico Echavarria takes title after Offaly man squanders three-shot lead with double bogeys on 16th and 17th
Shane Lowry moves into tie for lead with stunning 63 at Cognizant Classic
Irishman flies up the leaderboard on moving day with an eight-under-par round
Shane Lowry struggles to one-under-par opening round at Cognizant Classic
Austin Smotherman leads in Florida on nine-under
Shane Lowry happy with five-week run of tournaments thanks to home comforts
‘There’s a lot in there that makes the five weeks easier than sort of if you’re five weeks away from home’
Rory McIlroy trails runaway leader Jacob Bridgeman by six shots in California
American golfer carded seven-under 64 on Saturday to move to 19 under
Rory McIlroy in contention at Genesis Invitational after bogey-free 65
Shane Lowry climbs the leaderboard with steady second-round 68, while Scottie Scheffler scrapes through cut
Rory McIlroy shows that he’s a man for all seasons at Genesis Invitational
Irishman sits a shot off the lead after weather-delayed first day which saw likes of Scottie Scheffler struggle
Rory McIlroy aiming to shake off Pebble Beach rustiness at Genesis Invitational
Northern Irishman is yet to secure a win at the famed Riviera Country Club
Rory McIlroy heads for Riviera with the goal of keeping big numbers off the card
Donegal guru Stephen Sweeney helping out Morikawa on the greens
Shane Lowry and Rory McIlroy shine on final day at Pebble Beach as Morikawa wins title
World number one Scottie Scheffler threatened victory with a final round of 63
Rory McIlroy returns to his ‘trusty irons’ for defence of Pebble Beach pro-am title
World No 2 confirmed his experiment with cavity-back irons was over ahead of first US tournament since Ryder Cup
Katie Taylor primed to join Ronaldo, Rose and the Williams sisters in the forties club
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Séamus Power finishes tied 11th as Justin Rose eases to tournament-record victory at Torrey Pines
The 45-year-old Englishman won his 13th PGA Tour event
Séamus Power fades late in third round as Justin Rose has big lead in Farmers Insurance Open
Waterford golfer has four bogeys on his back nine to fall from second to tied sixth
Séamus Power moves into second place at Farmers Insurance Open
Justin Rose leads the tournament at Torrey Pines, with Power in contention ahead of the weekend
Séamus Power in the top five as Justin Rose leads Farmers Insurance Open
Irishman makes strong start to PGA Tour event with opening 65 at Torrey Pines
Patrick Reed quits rebel LIV Golf tour in latest blow to Saudi-backed breakaway
The American, who won the Dubai Desert Classic last week, joins Koepka in leaving the tour
Brooks Koepka’s return to PGA Tour from LIV Golf shifts spotlight at Torrey Pines
Five-time major winner back in action as Schauffele tops rankings in the field
Scottie Scheffler’s latest win earns lifetime exemption on PGA Tour
Women’s Irish Challenge to come to Malahide; Pádraig Harrington playing in Bahrain
‘Golf never gets any easier’: Shane Lowry sore after Dubai Invitational defeat
Bob MacIntyre blames his attitude for costing him at the Sony Open
You can’t fight luck in sport, you just learn to control it
In the exact science of modern sport, luck is the corrupting element that refuses to be sanitised
Rory McIlroy says Brooks Koepka’s PGA Tour return indicative of LIV Golf decline
Masters champion says tour have not made any big signings recently
Why did Brooks Koepka rejoin PGA, what has it cost him to quit LIV and will others follow?
Tour’s new management wants Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau back in fold, too
Shane Lowry limbers up in Dubai, but all roads lead to Augusta
Irish golfer says he has a vision of Rory McIlroy putting the green jacket on him
Brooks Koepka returns to PGA Tour after quitting LIV Golf
Tour offers ‘one-time, defined window’ for other LIV names to reapply for membership
Brooks Koepka applies for PGA Tour reinstatement, according to reports
Five-time Major winner left LIV Golf at the end of last year
Shane Lowry, golfer for all terrains, makes indoor start to season
Ryder Cup hero opens his year as part of The Bay team in the TGL before trek to Dubai
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Rory McIlroy and coach Michael Bannon honoured at annual IGWA awards
Pádraig and Paddy Harrington team up again for PNC Championship
Two-time Major winner Fuzzy Zoeller dies aged 74
US golfer is the only player after the second World War to win the Masters on his first attempt
Rory McIlroy doubts rift in golf will be fixed due to ‘irrational’ LIV spending
More than two-and-a-half years from the proposed merger with the PGA Tour, the two parties are no closer to resolution
Séamus Power to have conditional status on PGA Tour for 2026
Irish golfer moves up to top 125 after tied 7th finish at RSM Classic
Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry team up for pre-Christmas skills challenge on US TV
Mark Power the only Irish player to survive cut at DP World Tour Q-School
Tom McKibbin’s success comes after giving home to an abandoned dog
Séamus Power up against it to retain full PGA Tour card
Shane Lowry on Europe’s Ryder Cup chances: ‘We have a great opportunity to do something amazing’
The champion golfer is relishing the forthcoming clash with Team USA on Long Island
Golf once refused to sell its soul to Trump. Now it has handed it to him for free
The US president has always craved the approval of golf’s establishment – both for business reasons and for his vanity
Europe’s secret Ryder Cup weapon? VR headsets shouting abuse at players
Alex Norén wins BMW PGA Championship after playoff against Adrien Saddier
Tommy Fleetwood’s long-awaited PGA Tour win is one of the feelgood golf stories of the year
One of the few universally popular sports stars, his first win in 164 PGA Tour attempts was one to remember
Rory McIlroy turns focus to Irish Open after disappointing Tour Championship
Northern Irish golfer targets winning a seventh European order of merit
Tommy Fleetwood vows to strive for more after US win ‘completes story of near misses’
First Tour Championship win comes in his 164th start on PGA Tour
Inspired Cantlay challenges Fleetwood in bid for Tour Championship glory
Home hope Cantlay birdies four of last five holes to take share of lead at East Lake
‘There was some pretty awful stuff going on’: Golf’s growing problem with fans heckling players
Bob MacIntyre among players the experience coarsening of discourse in golf
Shane Lowry heeds caddie pep talk to shoot sizzling 63 at Tour Championship
Lowry and Rory McIlroy will start the third round six shots adrift of leaders Tommy Fleetwood and Russell Henley
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