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McIlroy Helps To Ensure Ireland Now Nine Wins From Last 30 Majors.
Ireland golf is now nine from 30 in the Majors following Rory McIlroy’s dramatic come-from-behind Valhalla success.
This is since Padraig Harrington’s 2007 British Open triumph at Carnoustie and with Harrington then successfully defending the Claret Jug a year later at Royal Birkdale and weeks before winning the 2008 PGA Championship.
Graeme McDowell then won the 2010 US Open and with McIlroy landing the same trophy by eight shots a year later at Congressional.
Darren Clarke reigned supreme a ...
Rory McIlroy To Walk Out Onto Old Trafford With Claret Jug.
Rory McIlroy is celebrating his double PGA Championship triumph with three days in the ‘Big Apple’ before stepping out onto Old Trafford this week with the Claret Jug and maybe the PGA Championship trophy.
It was not to after midnight Sunday when McIlroy finally stepped aboard a private jet also carrying his father Gerry, coach Michael Bannon, caddy J P Fitzgerald, manager Sean O’Flaherty, good friend Harry Diamond and their chef for the week in Louisville, Athlone’s Paul McVeigh.
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Rory McIlroy Looking Become Europe’s Greatest Ever Golfer.
New four-time Major Champion Rory McIlroy is focusing on becoming the greatest-ever European born golfer.
McIlroy was waking up in New York in also becoming the fourth youngest golfer in the history of the game to win four Majors.
The World No. 1 is already Ireland’s best-ever golfer and with the Masters eight months on the horizon McIlroy will go to the first Major of 2015 hot favourite to become only the sixth player to capture the Grand Slam.
In coming months McIlroy is targeting receiving a ...
Tom Watson – “I Wish Rory McIlroy Was On The USA Ryder Cup Team”.
USA Ryder Cup captain Tom Watson has paid new four-time Major winner Rory McIlroy a massive compliment saying he wish the 25-year old was competing on his Gleneagles team.
Watson was back to the Valhalla course early this morning hosting a news conference after the confirmation of his nine automatic qualifiers.
In contrast, the rival European Team will not be finalised until August 31st at the close of the Italian Open in Turin.
Then on Tuesdsay 2nd September both Watson and Paul McGinley will name ...
Mickelson & Fowler Defend Decision To Call McIlroy & Wiesberger Up On 18th.
Despite what looked like some on-course controversy five-time Major Champion Phil Mickelson defended the decision to call Rory McIlroy and Bernd Wiesberger through on the final hole of the PGA Championship.
Mickelson and playing partner Rickie Fowler teed off the 18th hole but with McIlroy and Wiesberger on the tee, the American pair then moved to the side of the 18th fairway to allow McIlroy and the Austrian tee off.
But then when up near the green Mickelson looked to be in conversation with a PGA ...
Rory McIlroy – With His 2014 PGA Championship Victory.
RORY MCILROY – WITH HIS 96th PGA CHAMPIONSHIP SUCCESS
It is McIlroy’s ninth European Tour International Schedule victory in his 140th European Tour event.
It extends his lead at the top of the Official World Golf Ranking. He goes to 11.2701.
It is also his fourth European Tour victory of the 2014 season, following the BMW PGA Championship, The 143rd Open Championship and WGC – Bridgestone Invitational. (Is the first time he has won four times in a European Tour season and is the ...
Rory McIlroy Emerges From The Darkness To Win 4th Major With One Stroke 96th PGA Championship Success.
Rory McIlroy emerged from near darkness to become golf’s heavyweight world champion in capturing a fourth Major Championship in winning the 96th PGA Championship in Louisville, Kentucky.
In the hometown of legendary Muhammad Ali, the final round of golf’s season-ending Major turned into slugging match among four of the world’s top players.
But it was the 25-year old McIlroy who was the last man standing in a dramatic last day trading punch for punch before knocking out five-time Major winner ...
