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Rory McIlroy singled out his round of 68 on day one of the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach as a best Major Championship individual round showing in four years. McIlroy, and despite kick-starting his day with a bogey, signed for a three-under par 68 to head the clubhouse just two strokes behind the American duo of Rickie Fowler and Xander Schauffele along with former Open winner, Louis Oosthuizen who signed for five-under par 66s in the cool and overcast conditions along the Pacific Ocean course near Carmel. McIlroy’s ...

RBC Canadian Open winner, Rory McIlroy was full of praise for good friend and fellow Irishman Graeme McDowell in securing a tee-time into next month’s Open Championship at Royal Portrush. McDowell brilliantly holed a 30-foot par putt at the 72nd hole to earn his place in what will be a very historic Open Championship on the famed Co. Antrim course where the now 39-year old honed his game. McDowell needed to not only finish inside the top-10 on at the RBC Canadian Open but be among the top-three ...

Rory McIlroy heads to this week’s U.S. Open in the greatest form possible in storming his way to a sensational round of 61 for a seven-shot victory in the RBC Canadian Open. McIlroy, and despite a closing hole bogey, absolutely destroyed the field winning with a 22-under par victory tally and also smash the tournment record by five shots on the Hamilton course. Fellow Irishman Shane Lowry wrapped-up his PGA Tour card for next year shooting a closing 67 to be then joined in second place on a distant ...

Shane Lowry, and after gifting a spectator $100 to buy her umbrella on the eve of the event, has virtually regainged his PGA Tour card for the 2019/20 season in sharing second place at the RBC Canadian Open. Lowry has jumped 65 places to 54th on the FexEx Cup points table thanks to a final round 67 before being joined on 15-under par by Webb Simpson who chipped-in from off the green in birding his closing two holes in a score of 68 to tie the very proud Irishman in second place in suburban Hamilton. Lowry ...

Graeme McDowell sensationally booked himself a Royal Portrush a tee-time into next month’s Open Championship holing a remarkable 30-footer for a  72nd hole saving par at the Canadian Open in Hamilton. McDowell now joins fellow Irish Padraig Harrington, Rory McIlroy, Darren Clarke and Shane Lowry on a Portrush course he knows like the back of his hand. G Mac  went into the final round needing to be inside the top-10 but also among the top-three not otherwise exempt into the 148th Open Champioinship, ...

Rory McIlroy is just one round shy of capturing a sixth national ‘Open’ championship title after a brilliant bogey-free third round 64 to be sharing the lead with a round to play in the RBC Canadian Open. McIlroy, and contesting the Canadian event for a first time in his career, superbly warmed-up for next week’s U.S. Open title with three outward birdies and just as many homeward birdies to move to the clubhouse lead at 13-under par on the Hamilton Golf Club course. The four-time Major winner ...

Father’s Day 2010 will continue to be forever remembered in the history of Irish golf. It was on this day nine years ago Graeme McDowell jubilantly embraced his father, Kenny as Ireland’s second only Major champion in capturing the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach. It was a continuation of a golden period in Ireland golf and a list of achievements in an eight-year time frame that never may be repeated. McDowell’s victory along the Pacific Ocean shoreline was the fourth of nine Major Championship ...