Italy’s Matteo Manassero is ready to face the consequences of a poor season as he tries to save his European Tour card in the Andalucia Valderrama Masters.

The race for Order of Merit points is adding an interesting subplot to this week’s Irish PGA Championship at Galway Bay Golf Resort (Thursday thru Saturday, October 11-13).

Ten of the leading contenders for the US PGA Championship (listed in predicted order of finish)

When Rory McIlroy blew the lead and his chance to win his first major title at the 2011 Masters, he was so heartbroken that he ended up sobbing into the phone to his mother, convinced he’d let his one chance to win a major slip through his hands.

As Rory McIlroy tries to put all pieces of the puzzle together and claim a fifth major title at this week’s US Open, he has received a vote of confidence from his putting mentor.

Rory McIlroy is nothing if not bold. He’s a Manchester United fan who hopes Liverpool win the Champions League final on Saturday, admits he enjoyed his round of golf with Donald Trump, and he’s back at Wentworth, where he has missed the cut four times in his previous eight outings at the BMW PGA Championship, the European Tour’s flagship event.

Former champion Rory McIlroy hopes a second victory in the BMW PGA Championship can spark a repeat of the best season of his career.

Miguel Angel Jimenez has his own record as the oldest winner in European Tour history in his sights after making a flying start to the Omega European Masters.

Rory McIlroy might not play again in 2017 as he continues to struggle with the injury which has limited him to 13 events in a winless season, his third in succession without a major title.

It’s official. After widespread speculation, the powers that be announced on Tuesday that the professional golf calendar as we know it will look remarkably different beginning in 2019.

Rory McIlroy believes Jordan Spieth has a priceless ability to dig himself out of seemingly hopeless situations as the pair prepare to do battle for the US PGA Championship.

To many golfers, being touted as a potential major winner is the sort of endorsement they could do without. Yet far from feeling cursed after having his credentials boosted by Pádraig Harrington ahead of this week’s Open Championship, Shane Lowry seems perfectly at ease with the suggestion.

A relaxed Pádraig Harrington does not believe a fourth major title would alter his golfing legacy, but concedes a third British Open victory next week might lead to a hasty change of heart.

In launching the Rolex Series, the European Tour needs to be very careful not to arouse the commercial juggernaut that is the PGA Tour, writes John McHenry.

Scott Jamieson recovered from a nightmare start to his second round to claim a share of the halfway lead in the BMW PGA Championship, an event he labelled the “pinnacle” of his season.

Ernie Els believes he got two major decisions right after calling a penalty on himself in the first round of the BMW PGA Championship.

Olympic champion Justin Rose believes new formats should remain an occasional diversion from golf’s traditional 72-hole strokeplay events.

Rory McIlroy is set to have an MRI scan on rib and back injuries on Monday, with the world number two admitting the "most important thing" is to be fit for June's US Open.

Shane Lowry is five shots behind leaders Byeong Hun An and Brendan Steele at the Waste Management Phoenix Open.

Rory McIlroy has hinted that he will put the BMW PGA Championship back on his schedule next year, but Turkey is set to remain off the menu for the world number two.

Ireland’s Pádraig Harrington and Graeme McDowell are within striking distance at the halfway stage of the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open at Castle Stuart.

Lee Westwood will look to make up for a disappointing finish to the BMW PGA Championship by making history in the Nordea Masters this week.

Masters champion Danny Willett experienced a mixture of the sublime and the ridiculous as he claimed a share of the lead with a remarkable 68 in the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth.

Scotland’s Russell Knox believes he can make the leap from a former “head case” to a bona fide superstar as he targets a Ryder Cup debut in 2016.

Rory McIlroy has 21 holes of golf to negotiate before realising his ambition to be crowned Dubai Duty Free Irish Open champion after play was suspended at the K Club with his third round still to finish.

It is a lot to ask of someone who cannot legally buy a drink in his adopted home of Orlando until August, but Li Hao-tong could finally be the male Chinese star the world of golf has been waiting for.

The sight of European big guns limping over the finish line early on Sunday at the Masters need not necessarily give Ryder Cup team captain Darren Clarke cause for panic five months out from the 41st match-up at Hazeltine.

Shane Lowry enjoyed his idea of the perfect birthday on Saturday, a round of golf with his closest buddies.

Who pushed the boundaries this year?

In a week that has seen many of the world’s top golfers decry the condition of Chambers Bay’s greens and take shots at the USGA’s set-up, Shane Lowry avoided the negativity and simply got on with negotiating 72 holes of the most gruelling challenge in golf.

Rory McIlroy will have to start putting much better over the next three days if he is to add to his haul of major championship victories here at Chambers Bay after a disappointing opening round at the 115th US Open Championship.

"If you’re sharp with the driver and sharp with the putter from basically 30 yards and in, that’s going to be a big key this week.”

1 – Chambers Bay was designed by noted architect Robert Trent Jones Jr.