Rory McIlroy has promised a surprise when he hosts tomorrow night’s past PGA Championship winner’s dinner at the Oak Hill club in upper New York State.

Rory McIlroy is heading to this week’s PGA Championship with the addition of some much needed ‘sparkle’ to his game following a good finish in the WGC–Bridgestone Invitational.

It was a sobering moment when Rory McIlroy was reminded, in the first city in the world to hold an AA meeting, that its been five months since he last savoured the ‘addiction’ of success on either the European or PGA Tours.

IT was ‘Tigermania’ all over again and 15 years after Tiger Woods had first set foot on Australian soil.

RORY MCILROY took over the leading Irish honours after Graeme McDowell was reminded of the well-worn “a day is a long time in politics” adage in the second round of the WGC–Bridgestone Invitational in Akron, Ohio.

CLOSE friend and fellow European Tour winner, Rory McIlroy has welcomed Shane Lowry into the pro ranks by declaring the new Irish Open winner has the game to qualify for this year’s British Open and US PGA Championship.