For the past two weeks, the Commonwealth Games has been dominating the sports viewing in my house.

Play is underway at Day Two of the Irish Open in Fota Island.

For a change, Rory McIlroy can prepare for Augusta with someone else under more scrutiny than himself.

Apparel-maker Oakley has sued Rory McIlroy and Nike, insisting the world No 1 and the equipment giant breached his existing contract with Oakley when he recently signed a new deal with Nike estimated to be worth $250m.

The Race to Dubai has been run and won but the European Tour has been handed an end of season shootout, with world number one and two, Rory McIlroy and Luke Donald, tied for the lead on 11-under par heading into the weekend rounds of the DP World Tour Championship.

Missing the halfway cut in the defence of his UBS Hong Kong Open title has only reinforced Rory McIlroy’s goal to cut back on his playing schedule.

AFTER his prayers weren’t heard on the final spin round Amen Corner last April, Rory McIlroy gained the admiration of the sporting world for his sanguine, mature reaction to the enveloping disappointment.

THE four big guns of Irish golf hogged the pre-tournament headlines and, in truth, most of the galleries, but there’s another quartet of Irish men who turned heads in Killarney yesterday.

Rory McIlroy insists he is ready to win his first major – but a month after saying Tiger Woods was playing “like an ordinary golfer” he will now have to fight him off to land The Masters.

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A MASSIVE French pack brought Ireland’s winning start to the Under 20 Six Nations to an abrupt end at Dubarry Park last night.

RORY MCILROY will contest next year’s Irish Open despite confirming yesterday he has joined the U.S. Tour.