RORY McILROY made a superb start to his bid to land a record €1.4 million jackpot at the Lake Malaren Shanghai Masters as he fired an eight-under-par 64 yesterday.

LEE WESTWOOD will play with Rory McIlroy in Shanghai today less than a week after describing the 22-year-old’s move to a different management company as a “bizarre decision”.

THERE was no poaching by Horizon and no enticement on my part.

DUBLIN-based sports management company Horizon, headed by Galway man Conor Ridge, pulled off its biggest coup yesterday with the news that US Open champion and world No 3 Rory McIlroy will become their latest acquisition after leaving Andrew “Chubby” Chandler’s International Sports Management (ISM) company.

Rory McIlroy has announced that he has joined Horizon Sports Management.

FOR Don Draper, advertising is based on one thing: happiness.

TIME will tell whether Rory McIlroy was correct to take a three-week break between his US Open victory and the British Open, which starts at Royal St Georges, Sandwich, on Thursday.

A HEART-to-heart in Rory McIlroy’s kitchen convinced manager Andrew ‘Chubby’ Chandler the young Irishman was over his Augusta collapse and ready to win a major.

THERE will be a welcome addition to the Irish Open line-up at Killarney next month when the US Open trophy makes an appearance alongside its owner Rory McIlroy.

RORY McILROY needs to play more to learn the art of winning, his manager Andrew ‘Chubby’ Chandler said, in the wake of the 21-year-old’s Masters heartbreak.

TIGER WOODS has a final chance to claim his first victory of the year at this week’s Chevron World Challenge and close the curtain on a 2010 campaign he described as “very painful”.

THERE is some confusion resulting from Rory McIlroy’s decision to quit the US Tour.

PÁDRAIG HARRINGTON has declared himself ready to do some heavy lifting ahead of this week’s US PGA Championship at Whistling Straits.

RORY McIlroy played down fears he could miss next week’s WGC-Accenture Match-Play Championship despite meeting a Belfast specialist today to assess a back concern.

RORY McILROY heads into this week’s defence of his Omega Dubai Desert Classic title by signing the biggest single deal of his short professional career.

RORY McILROY has revealed comparisons with world number one Tiger Woods are making him ‘more motivated’.

IT’S been revealed Frenchman Jean Francois Lucquin celebrated last week’s Omega Masters European Tour maiden Tour success with champagne intended for Rory McIlroy.