Rory McIlroy has suggested that the PGA Tour could scale back the number of tournaments it stages each year in order to combat “fatigue” among golf’s fanbase.
Rory McIlroy's first thought when he heard about Scottie Scheffler’s hand injury is not what you might expect—and Scheffler had the ultimate comeback.
To show just how unpredictable golf can be, a wine glass—and Scottie Scheffler's love of ravioli—threatened to change the course of PGA Tour history this offseason. Golf fans are well aware of this Christmas Day kitchen incident by now,
The four-time major champion has a lot of thoughts on the state of pro golf but said “we shouldn’t try to dumb down golf to appeal to more people.”
McIlroy makes his season debut on the U.S.-based circuit this week at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, one of the tour’s $20 million signature events. It’s a big week—or at least it’s supposed to be, with a limited field of 80 players that includes 45 of the top 50 in the world playing one of the most iconic courses on the planet.
LIV Golf announced it has signed Northern Ireland’s Tom McKibbin. McKibbin, 22, has been linked to the Saudi-backed league for months, and did not comment on the speculation when pressed earlier this month at the DP World Tour’s Team Cup.
Between personal observation and some internet rumblings about the quality of the technology employed by the new tech-driven indoor golf league he co-founded with Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy decided recently to put TGL’s simulator through his own test.
Turns out that having Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy on your broadcast does good things for TV ratings. Who knew? TGL's fourth week featured a series of firsts for the new tech-infused indoor golf league: both Woods and McIlroy head-to-head in a competitive match.
The PGA Tour has done a comprehensive survey of fans, and the results are driving initiatives, including addressing slow play.
The return of the most anticipated champions, from Scottie Scheffler to Rory McIlroy, the participation of some of the greats of the sport such as, among others, Pau Gasol, Tom Brady, Larry Fitzgerald and Steve Young.