Rory McIlroy in contention as Adrien Saddier leads Irish Open after third round
Angel Hidalgo provided the fireworks and Rory McIlroy was firmly in contention as Adrien Saddier took a third-round lead at the Amgen Irish Open.
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Rory McIlroy surges into PGA Championship contention with a 66 at Aronimink
NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pennsylvania: Rory McIlroy wailed his drive on the 397-yard sixth hole and landed a beauty on the green to the delight of a roaring Aronimink crowd. He made a birdie and kept a second straight major victory firmly in sight on a day in which several players made big moves up the leaderboard in more favorable conditions. The pin placements, the course, nothing bothered McIlroy at Aronimink as he charged back from 105th at the end of Round 1 of the PGA Championship all the way to a share of the lead until he bogeyed 17, finishing at 3 under on Saturday a day after he complained about the setup at Aronimink Golf Club. “I feel like I still did enough to think I have a chance going into tomorrow,” McIlroy said. Who would count out McIlroy? He won the Masters and is trying to join Ben Hogan (1953), Arnold Palmer (1960), Jack Nicklaus (1972), Tiger Woods (2002) and Jordan Spieth (2015) as the only golfers to win the first two majors of the year in the modern rotation. The No. 2 player in the world, McIlroy was buried on the leaderboard on Thursday after he shot a 74.
Rory McIlroy: Bringing back LIV players ‘good business’ for PGA Tour
Rory McIlroy is softening his stance on the return of players from LIV Golf to the PGA Tour, acknowledging Friday that bringing back more defectors from the breakaway circuit could be a net positive. With the future of LIV in doubt after Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund announced it is pulling its financial backing after this year, McIlroy was asked his reaction to how that could impact the PGA Tour. “It’s a question if (players) do want to come back,” McIlroy said after ending the second round of the Truist Championship tied for eighth in Charlotte. “Obviously we have seen the quotes over the last few days.
Rory McIlroy wins seventh Race to Dubai title
DUBAI: Rory McIlroy was on Sunday crowned the DP World Tour’s Race to Dubai champion for a seventh year, and four seasons in a row, but the world No.2 lost the $10 million Tour Championship to England’s Matt Fitzpatrick in the first playoff hole when he found the water with his tee shot.
Rory McIlroy shares lead in Dubai and closes in on a 4th straight European title
DUBAI: Rory McIlroy emerged from a wild afternoon at the DP World Tour Championship with three birdies over his last five holes Saturday for a 4-under 68, giving him a share of the lead with Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen of Denmark as he closes in on a fourth straight Race to Dubai title. The final hour at the Jumeirah Golf Estates featured an eight-way tie for the lead at one point. Nicolai Hojgaard started the third round with the lead and his twin brother became one of the leaders by the afternoon. When the third round ended, McIlroy and Neergaard-Peterson (68) were at 13-under 203, one shot clear of Tyrrell Hatton and five other players. Hatton is the only player with a mathematical chance of catching McIlroy in the Race to Dubai, though it would require a collapse by the Masters champion on the Earth course where McIlroy is defending champion and has three titles. “It would be an amazing way to end the season,” McIlroy said, who is coming off a tie for third in Abu Dhabi last week to strengthen his position at the top.
17th Abu Dhabi World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Championship welcomes 10,000 athletes from over 130 countries
ABU DHABI: The 17th edition of the Abu Dhabi World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Championship is set to get underway on Wednesday at the Mubadala Arena in Zayed Sports City.
McIlroy has set sights on overtaking one of European golf’s greatest players
DUBAI: Rory McIlroy has his sights set on overtaking one of European golf’s greatest players and closing the gap on another as he looks to win the Harry Vardon Trophy for a seventh time this weekend.
Scottie Scheffler captures 6th tour win this year, 19th for career, at Procore
Scottie Scheffler shot 5-under-par 67 and it was enough for a one-stroke victory in the Procore Championship on Sunday at Napa, California, proving to be a valuable tune-up for the Ryder Cup. Scheffler finished the tournament at 19-under 269, with second- and third- round leader Ben Griffin posting 70 in the final round and ending up at 18 under on Silverado Resort’s North Course. “I’m fortunate to be the winner this week,” Scheffler said. Griffin missed a birdie putt from about 6 feet away on the final hole that would have forced a playoff. “I gave myself a good chance,” Griffin said. “I was trying to make eagle, putt was just a little slower than I expected. I don’t know if I hit my line on the last, but I looked up and it looked like it was breaking pretty good to the left and I tried to play it straighter to right center.” Griffin and Scheffler, who was in the pairing in front of Griffin, were even at 18 under until Scheffler’s bogey on No. 11. Scheffler had birdies on Nos. 12 and 15, while Griffin’s string of nine consecutive pars was broken with a bogey on the par-4 No. 14 and a birdie on the next hole, a par-5. “I was chasing down some pretty talented guys on the leaderboard,” Scheffler said.
Americans roll in sunshine and fog to win Walker Cup for 5th straight time
PEBBLE BEACH, California: The Americans seized control in the sunshine and kept right on rolling through the fog at Cypress Point on Sunday, eliminating any drama in beating Great Britain & Ireland for their fifth consecutive victory in the Walker Cup.