As fans of the game, you’ve heard his name mentioned in the same breath as Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth and Dustin Johnson - but how many of you have really taken him seriously?

Rory McIlroy started his final round in the WGC Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone, Akron, Ohio, with three birdies in six holes to get within a stroke of the lead only to fade disappointingly around the turn and fail to put in a serious challenge over the closing holes.

The list of places Brooks Koepka had to go to win golf tournaments looks like a page straight out of a travelogue: Spain. Scotland. Turkey. Japan.

When Rory McIlroy steps onto the practice range at Augusta National today he will do so with that bounce in his stride that tells you he is a golfer with everything in place to take the final step on his road to golfing immortality.

Rory McIlroy came out swinging in his first media conference after six weeks with US President Donald Trump taking a low blow that will have hurt as much as any stress fracture.

Tiger Woods admitted there had been “some pretty dire times” during his 15-month injury absence after a closing 76 saw him finish 15th at the Hero World Challenge, 14 shots behind winner Hideki Matsuyama.

Dustin Johnson returns to the major championship arena at St Andrews on Thursday resolved to leave behind his status as golf’s nearly man and in the process stop Jordan Spieth’s bid for Grand Slam glory.

"Some of the shots I hit were really, really good. But then I also had some really bad shots, too. And we need to work on that.

Rory McIlroy quickly set about ensuring his previous late heroics did not go to waste in the last 16 of the WGC-Cadillac Match Play in San Francisco today.

Bae Sang-moon won the first tournament of the PGA Tour season and already is thinking about the last one.

Rory McIlroy will get his Open Championship bid under way at Royal Liverpool on Thursday as the elder statesman in group containing rising stars Jordan Spieth and Hideki Matsuyama.

Graeme McDowell produced another superb fightback, but Rory McIlroy and Justin Rose went out at extra holes at WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship last night.

Rory McIlroy failed to dodge a bullet and got gunned down American sharpshooter Harris English at the 19th the second round of the WGC-Accenture Match Play.

The United States opened up a five-point lead on the third day of the Presidents Cup as play was once again disrupted by rain at Muirfield Village in Ohio.

The United States opened up a potentially decisive four-point lead on day three of the Presidents Cup at Muirfield Village in Ohio.

Japanese amateur Hideki Matsuyama shared the lead after round one of the Open Championship Asian qualifying event in Bangkok.