McIlroy plays down rift with McDowell
Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell were back to being friendly rivals as the BMW PGA Championship got under way at Wentworth.
Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell were back to being friendly rivals as the BMW PGA Championship got under way at Wentworth.
World number two Rory McIlroy refused on Wednesday to confirm reports he had parted company with his management group, Horizon Sports.
Graeme McDowell believes Rory McIlroy's poor form this season is behind the world number two's decision to leave Horizon Sports Management to create his own management group.
Roberto Castro took a three-shot lead into the second round of the Players Championship, but a quick glance at the leaderboard put his chances of a first PGA Tour title into stark perspective.
Rory McIlroy, who has yet to make a cut in three appearances in the Players Championship, today found himself at the right end of the leaderboard for a change after his opening round at Sawgrass.
Seb Coe and Pat Hickey tell Brian Lally that Rory McIlroy will not be pressured into an Olympic decision
Graeme McDowell insists the debate over which country to represent at the Olympics will not stop him from playing in the World Cup.
Nick Watney joined Phil Mickelson in a share of first place at the end of three rounds at the Wells Fargo Championship in North Carolina but birthday boy Rory McIlroy fell three shots off the lead.
Phil Mickelson, spotless with his putter, surged into a two-shot lead at Friday's halfway mark of the Wells Fargo Championship by firing a five-under-par 67 at Quail Hollow in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Rory McIlroy has no intention of being rushed into choosing whether he represents Ireland or Great Britain at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janiero.
Phil Mickelson and Nick Watney survived some late-round misadventures to emerge from Saturday's third round tied for the lead in the Wells Fargo Championship.
Rory McIlroy returned to the scene of his first PGA Tour victory today and put himself well in contention after day one of the Wells Fargo Championship in North Carolina.
Rory McIlroy says he will decide what country to play for at Rio 2016
Rory McIlroy has stated that he wants to decide what country he will play for at the Rio 2016 Olympics, not have the decision taken out of his hands.
Sebastian Coe hopes that world number two Rory McIlroy will compete at the Rio 2016 Olympics despite the high-pressure decision still to be made about who he should represent at the Games.
The chief executive of golf's governing body, the R&A, Peter Dawson would like to take the pressure off Rory McIlroy's decision of who to represent at the 2016 Olympics.
Following his final round at Augusta Rory McIlroy tells Greg Allen that he is on the right track and happy with his game
Rory McIlroy was left to lament a painful moving-day score of 79 as he saw his chance to claim a third major slip away in Augusta.
Australia's Jason Day claimed a one-shot lead at the halfway stage of the Masters, but all the headlines were about two players at the opposite ends of the age spectrum on a dramatic day at Augusta National.
Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy went into the second round of the Masters separated by just two shots today, but the omens looked far better for Woods than the man he recently succeeded as world number one.