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Rory McIlroy got one back on Brooks Koepka finishing five shots clear of the World No. 1 and FedEx Cup leader on day one of the Northern Trust in New Jersey. McIlroy produced an eagle and four birdies in a bogey-free six-under par 65 in hot and humid conditions on a very overnight rain-softened Liberty National course overlooking the Statue of Liberty. Koepka, who had humbled McIlroy going head-to-head a fortnight ago in capturing the WGC – FedEx St. Jude Invitational, struggled in McIlroy’s ...

Rory McIlroy has a simple, straightforward plan to eradicate tour tortoises. The four-time Major winner has called on golf’s leading tours for slow players to receive a solitary warning before receiving shot penalties. The issue of slow play came to the fore again during the final round of the Open Championship at Royal Portrush, where World No. 1 Brooks Koepka tapped his wrist in the direction of officials to signal his displeasure with the time taken by playing partner JB Holmes. Holmes had ...

It has been two weeks of celebration for golf’s newest Major Champion – Shane Lowry. Lowry has been the toast of Ireland after his stunning six-shot triumph at Royal Portrush and now in returning to competition at this week’s Northern Trust, he’s the toast of the broader golf world. Indeed, Lowry hosted his first formal golf media news conference today in the Media Centre at the Liberty National Golf Club and host venue for this week’s $US 9.25m event, and the opening ...

Fellow Open Champion Rory McIlroy played nine holes on Tuesday on this week’s Northern Trust host course with Shane Lowry and took the opportunity to offer advise to golf’s newest Major winner. Lowry arrived into New York earlier this week and unlike past visits, including three years ago when he got married and with just a photographer present, he was mobbed as he and wife, Wendy made their way to the top of the Empire State Building. The fact Lowry was carrying the most recognised trophy ...

Tiger Woods has likened radical changes to the three-event FedEx Cup Play-Off Series starting this week in New Jersey to Paul Lawrie coming from 10 shots back to capture the 1999 Open Championship. Woods is returning to competition for a first occasion since missing the halfway cut at the Open Championship at Royal Portrush. He is joining 122 of the PGA Tour’s leading 125 money-earners this season in the Northern Trust being staged on the Liberty National course overlooking the Statue of Liberty. The ...

Twelve-year old Conor Graham is about to create history teeing-up in this week’s Scottish Men’s Amateur at Crail Golfing Society. Conor, and a big fan of 15-time Major winning Tiger Woods,  is believed to be the youngest-ever in the near 100-year history of the event to be teeing-up in Scotland’s premier men’s championship. And what’s more amazing he will be joined by his 46-year old father, Stuart and 15-year old brother, Gregor with all three members at golf’s 7th oldest club ...

World No. 1 Brooks ‘King’ Koepka sent Rory McIlroy ‘Heartbreak Hotel’ packing in reinforcing his stature as the game’s best with an emphatic three shot success in the WGC – FedEx St. Jude Invitational in Memphis. Koepka quickly brushed McIlroy aside coming from one shot behind in one-putting his first six holes and being unchallenged in posting a closing bogey-free 65 for a 16-under par tally on the TPC Southwind course. For McIlroy, and after lighting-up the course with a 62 ...