The next time you hear David Feherty’s voice it will be on a LIV Golf broadcast. Eoin Clarke/Golffile Rory McIlroy and David Feherty are a pair of Northern Irishmen who quickly outgrew their homeland to answer the call of greatness from golf’s biggest stage. While McIlroy’s journey has been virtually seamless, Feherty had to pedal … Read more
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland – Rory McIlroy took his hat off to acknowledge the crowd, and he left it off as he shook Viktor Hovland’s hand and walked off the 18th green, and he kept it off as he ambled over to the stairs that went up and down toward where he had to sign a … Read more
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland – A fifth major championship was seemingly ordained for Rory McIlroy at the Home of Golf. Cam Smith had other ideas. The Aussie used a five-birdie stretch to start the final nine holes and capped it with an 18th-hole birdie to shoot 8-under-par 64 and win his first major championship. “It just … Read more
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — It’s one of the first things you notice about Viktor Hovland. And that familiar smile, the one that seemingly lights up his whole face, was much in evidence in the wake of a six-under-par 66 that has Hovland tied for the 54-hole lead alongside Rory McIlroy in the 150th Open Championship … Read more
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Rory McIlroy moved into the void left by the departure of Tiger Woods at the British Open, holing a bunker shot for eagle and revving up the gallery at St. Andrews at every turn Saturday as he moved closer to ending eight years without a major. Still to come is one … Read more
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — Rory McIlroy moved into the void left by the departure of Tiger Woods at the British Open, holing a bunker shot for eagle and revving up the gallery at St. Andrews at every turn Saturday as he moved closer to ending eight years without a major. Still to come is … Read more
After a Saturday 66, Rory McIlroy is tied for the lead at the British Open and possibly 18 holes away from ending an eight-year major drought. Michael Madrid/USA Today ST. ANDREWS – Sure, this British Open week could be going better for Rory McIlroy. He could have a six-shot lead. LIV Golf’s checks could start … Read more
Rory McIlroy has done it again. A couple of months removed from the absurd bunker-busting chip-in on the 72nd hole of the Masters, McIlroy splashed in another at the Old Course on Saturday—this time for eagle and the outright lead (albeit briefly). The hole-out sent Golf Twitter into pure, unadulterated rapture, with the gifs pouring … Read more
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Rory McIlroy has been chasing golf’s holy grail at St. Andrews for more than a decade. He lost his way in the wind at The Open here in 2010. His mission in 2015 failed before it started because of the ankle injury he sustained playing soccer with friends. This time around … Read more
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — While Tiger Woods made an early and emotional departure Friday at St. Andrews, Cameron Smith can only wonder if the 150th Open will be his arrival as an undisputed elite player. Smith already won the Players Championship this year and has risen to as high as No. 3 in the world. … Read more