Rory McIlroy Confirms He Will Represent Ireland In 2016 Olympics.
Double Major winning Rory McIlroy confirmed today he will represent Ireland if he qualifies for the 2016 Olympic Games.
McIlroy said he has been deliberating on the decision for some time and it has only been in watching TV coverage of the World Cup from Brazil that the 25-year old has thought about the move.
McIlroy has been torn between either representing Great Britain given he was born in Northern Ireland or Ireland, given he played all his amateur golf under the auspicious of the Dublin-based ...
Twitter Controversy Over United Airlines Losing Rory McIlroy’s Golf Clubs.
A controversy has erupted on Twitter over Rory McIlroy’s missing golf clubs.
Twitter users have used the social networking site to single out United Airlines claiming ‘preferential treatment’ after McIlroy’s clubs went missing from North Carolina via Newak, New Jersey and then onto Dublin.
McIlroy used Twitter to question the airline about the whereabouts of his clubs he needs to compete in this week’s Irish Open at Fota Island.
· Hey @united landed in Dublin ...
Paul McGinley Left Star-Struck By Spaceship & Sign Of The Cross.
One of Paul McGinley’s earliest Irish Open memories was being left star-struck as Christy O’Connor Sr gave everyone the sign of the Cross as he lifted off in a ‘spaceship’.
It was 1975 and McGinley was just nine years old.
His father, Michael took McGinley to Woodbrook Golf Club in Co. Wicklow where O’Connor’s young nephew, Christy O’Connor Jr won his first-ever European Tour event from Scotsman Harry Bannerman.
But it was memories of O’Connor Sr that live with McGinley 39-years on ...
Shane Lowry Likens Irish Open As Fifth Major For Irish-Born Stars.
Double European Tour winning Shane Lowry has likened this week’s Irish Open as a fifth Major for the big contingent of Irish competing this week at Fota Island in Cork.
Lowry and fellow former Irish Open winner Padraig Harrington are among 27 Irish contesting the event and a dozen years after the event was last staged in sports-mad Munster.
And while Irish expectations will be sky high, for Lowry and Harrington there is also not the pressure of trying to win the event for a first time.
“For all ...
Padraig Harrington …. 2019 Open Will Be Second In Popularity Only To St. Andrews.
Double Open Champion Padraig Harrington has joined the chorus praising the decision to take the 2019 Open to Royal Portrush.
And while Harrington will be 47 years at the time, he’s already looking forward to only the second British Open to be staged on Irish soil.
“It’s unbelievable the Open is coming back to Ireland,” he said.
“Well, certainly it as unbelievable three, four years ago as it was then such a long shot.
“But after the success of the Irish Open in 2012 at Portrush the R & ...
McGinley Admits Ryder Cup Team Honors Even Despite Kaymer’s 8-Shot Pinehurst Success.
European Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley believes despite Martin Kaymer’s convincing U.S. Open success honours in last week’s championship were shared among the potential Europeans and USA team Gleneagle rivals.
Kaymer’s eight-shot Pinehurst triumph saw the 29-year old German move from ninth, and last among the leading automatic European qualifiers, to sixth and the assurance of a third straight European cap.
But while the now double winning Kaymer cemented his place in McGinley’s side there ...
Rory McIlroy’s First Visit To Ireland’s Second Largest City.
Promotional pictures of double Major winner Rory McIlroy can be found scattered all about the Cork region and location for this week’s Irish Open.
However the current World No. 6 has never previously been sighted in Ireland’s second largest city and boasting a population close to 120,000.
McIlroy, who closed with a 73 for a tie for 23rd place in last week’s U.S. Open, said: “I don’t know Fota at all and I’ve never been to Cork, unbelievably. It’s going to be good. ...
