The timing of the decision rather than the actual ending of the nine-year player-caddie relationship between Rory McIlroy and JP Fitzgerald was the biggest surprise for Paul McGinley.

Rory McIlroy will answer questions about his caddie on Wednesday, according to his manager.

Jordan Spieth and Matt Kuchar were still duking it out at Royal Birkdale yesterday evening as Rory McIlroy’s attention turned towards the PGA Championship and a final shot in 2017 of breaking a three-year major drought.

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.

Dustin Johnson has set his sights on becoming world number one as he heads into next week’s Open Championship at Troon seeking a third win in a row.

Shane Lowry is determined to defend his WGC-Bridgestone Invitational title and get his Ryder Cup campaign up and running with a badly-needed win over the next four weeks.

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

Shane Lowry might not win the Honda Classic, but if last night’s opening 67 is a taste of what’s to come this season, he may well join that major-winning club.

Shane Lowry has reset his goals and regained his hunger for the game as he looks to build on the biggest win of his career.

One of the great dynasties of Irish professional golf celebrates a major milestone this year when David Kinsella retires after 50 years of service at Castle Golf Club.

Ryder Cup hopefuls, including newly crowned champion Shane Lowry, will face a dilemma next season after the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational was withdrawn from the European Tour schedule.

Rory McIlroy could have taken a longer, safer route to the 18th green at Whistling Straits. Instead he bounded down a steep hill like a mountain goat who’d just spotted a particularly juicy clump of grass.

Six years after sitting disconsolately in his hotel room in Akron wondering if he had the game to play on tour, Shane Lowry stands on top of the world safe in the knowledge that he’s now a man to be feared.

Shane Lowry let slip a lofty position in bogeying his closing two holes on the opening day of the WGC–Bridgestone Invitational in Akron, Ohio.

“When it’s breezy, swing it easy” is a well-known golfing adage and it proved to be just the advice Alan Lowry needed to follow in the footsteps of his famous big brother and win the Mullingar Electrical Scratch Trophy.

World number one Rory McIlroy will not defend his WGC-Bridgestone Invitational title next week as he continues his recovery from an ankle injury.

England: A father and son pilot duo have taken to the skies together for the first time.

RORY McILROY may be the hottest golfer in the world right now but he is refusing to buy into the hype that he is a sure thing to win this week’s PGA Championship at Valhalla.

Martin Kaymer would love to compete against Tiger Woods in this week’s US PGA Championship, but hinted that the 14-time major winner would be better off taking a lengthy break from the game.

He has won his last two events, is back on top of the world rankings and is rated a 5/1 favourite to make it three wins in succession with a second US PGA Championship title at Valhalla this week.

Rory McIlroy believes he is in the best form of his life as he seeks a third win in succession and second major title in the space of four weeks in the US PGA Championship.

Tiger Woods withdrew from the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational during yesterday’s final round, sparking fears he had suffered further serious damage to his back.

Short-game guru Dave Stockton believes he’s become more of an adviser than an instructor to triple Major winning Rory McIlroy.

A stunning round of 61 gave Sergio Garcia a three-shot lead over Ryder Cup team-mate Justin Rose at the halfway stage of the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational on Friday.

Dustin Johnson has shocked the golf world by announcing he is to take an immediate leave of absence from the game.

Newly-crowned Open champion Rory McIlroy had to settle for an opening 69 on his return to action in the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational in Akron today.

Triple Major champion Rory McIlroy has revealed that as a youngster he almost quit the game, but put it down to being a ‘grumpy teenager.’

Rory McIlroy will have to find another day to fret over after his Friday at the Open proved far from freaky at Royal Liverpool.

On Saturday, July 5, the LeBron James camp approached Sports Illustrated writer Lee Jenkins and set in train what is arguably the best scoop of the US sporting year.

An Ohio man has been accused by a grand jury of raping and strangling a nine-year-old girl whose body was found in a rubbish bin at the mobile home park where they were neighbours.

A man has told an Ohio court he decided to shoot his wife of 45 years in her hospital bed after she appeared to be in pain during a visit and he saw a tear run down her cheek.

It may have come a week too late for his PGA Championship defence hopes but Rory McIlroy is more than confident he has turned a corner in time to rescue what has been a substandard season.

Preparation is everything at elite level but if you’re wondering why Rory McIlroy is not firing on all cylinders heading into his defence of the US PGA at Oak Hill, just ask his putting coach, Dave Stockton.

I definitely feel like now I can go out and have more control of my golf ball, which is a good thing, while my short game is pretty good so I have brought a few positives here to the PGA

Tiger Woods fired a blistering round of 61 at the WGC–Bridgestone Invitational in Akron, Ohio, last night but Rory McIlroy’s struggles continue unabated.

Two weeks after describing his own golf as “brain dead”, Rory McIlroy today admitted he needed to be less emotionally involved in his game.

LeBron James is closer to all-time greatness after inspiring the Miami Heat to retain the Larry O’Brien trophy

"I'm LeBron James from Akron, Ohio, from the inner city. I'm not even supposed to be here… It doesn't matter what anybody else says about me. I ain't got no worries."

Rory McIlroy insists his current “slump” is nothing compared to last year’s early season struggles and reckons his game is close to clicking into place in time to challenge for a third Major win in next week’s US Open at Merion.

Adam Scott may not stretch to putting Vegemite sandwiches on the Champions’ Dinner menu at next year’s Masters but do not be surprised if there is more than a little taste of Australia brought to the table at Augusta National in 2014.

Rory McIlroy certainly stirred the 94th PGA Championship final round by electing to wear a bright red shirt throughout his Ocean Course winning cruise.

Rory McIlroy is expecting a tough test at the USPGA Championship today despite being just one shot off the lead at Kiawah Island.