Tooth pain forces McIlroy withdrawal
Defending champion Rory McIlroy blamed agonising toothache after pulling out of the Honda Classic midway through a second round that was becoming embarrassing.
Defending champion Rory McIlroy blamed agonising toothache after pulling out of the Honda Classic midway through a second round that was becoming embarrassing.
The European Challenge Tour will return to Northern Irish shores for the first time in ten years when Galgorm Castle Golf Club, Ballymena, hosts the Northern Ireland Open Challenge from August 29 - September 1.
Rory McIlroy's slow start to the new season continued as he began the defence of his Honda Classic title at Palm Beach.
By the close of play in Florida today the health of Rory McIlroy's game relative to the clubs he uses will have had another thorough once-over.
Bubba Watson is keeping everyone guessing about what he will serve at the champions dinner at this year's US Masters, but has no doubt Rory McIlroy will be in the mix at Augusta National.
World number one Rory McIlroy has issued a plea for unity over the controversial rule changes on putting which could split the game.
Revenge was sweet - almost £965,000 sweet - for Matt Kuchar when he beat defending champion Hunter Mahan to win the Accenture Match Play title in cold and windy Arizona.
Ian Poulter had to settle for fourth place rather than first at the Accenture Match Play Championship in cold and windy Arizona - but at least he is back in the world's top 10 for the first time in 25 months.
Ian Poulter is back in the world's top 10 for the first time in 25 months - but not in the way he wanted.
Holder Hunter Mahan led 2010 winner Ian Poulter by one after six holes of their Accenture Match Play Championship semi-final in Arizona on Sunday.
Padraig Harrington's first-round defeat to Graeme McDowell at the Accenture Match Play Championship has not cost him a place in the WGC-Cadillac Championship in Miami starting on Thursday week.
Ian Poulter continued his irresistible form as he led the charge into the semi-finals of Accenture World Match Play in Tucson.
Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods both fell at the first hurdle as the snow-affected Accenture Match Play Championship finally got under way in earnest in Arizona.
Ian Poulter has never seen anything like it - caddies having a snowball fight in the Arizona desert.
Heavy snow in the Arizona desert meant less than four hours' play was possible on the opening day of the Accenture Match Play Championship.
Justin Rose has summed up this week's Accenture Match Play Championship in Tucson in a nutshell - and it should make Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods, Luke Donald and Louis Oosthuizen really nervous.
Rory McIlroy lasted only two rounds in his first tournament of the year, but his return to action this week could be even shorter.
Rory McIlroy lasted only two rounds in his first tournament of the year, but his return to action this week could be even shorter.
Golf's hottest player Brandt Snedeker has been ruled out of next week's Accenture Match Play in Arizona with a rib injury - and that means Ireland's Shane Lowry is now in line to play Tiger Woods rather than Rory McIlroy.
World top two Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods will play the same tournaments three weeks in a row starting with next week's Accenture Match Play Championship in Tucson.
It hasn't always been a bed of roses
Roger Federer admitted he had no answer to Rafael Nadal's masterclass after the Spaniard put him to the sword to win the Internazionali d'Italia in Rome.
True Verdict built on her promising comeback run to gain a deserved opening success in the Come Racing On June 8th Maiden at Navan.
Voleuse De Coeurs got back on the winning trail in the Coolmore Vintage Crop Stakes at Navan.
Tarla readily justified odds-on favouritism on her return to fences at Limerick.