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Rory McIlroy jetted home to Florida agonising again in letting slip a first Alpine victory after losing out in a five-man play-off for the Omega European Masters title. It was very much a case of history repeating itself as McIlroy stood over a five-footer for birdie at the first extra play-off but with the World No. 2 horribly not even hitting the hole to hand success to Swede Sebastian Soderberg. Eleven years ago, it was a Frenchman Jean-Francois Luquin who denied McIlroy in walking off with the ...

World No. 2 Rory McIlroy tumbled off the Alpine summit with a sloppy bogey, bogey finish on day three of the Omega European Masters. A tired-looking McIlroy was tied for the lead with two holes to play but proceeded to drop two shots in an eventual round of a disappointing one-under par 69 and drop to a share of fifth place at 11-under par on the Crans-sur-Sierre course. Argentina’s Anders Romero superbly fought back from a fifth hole double and to be three-over for his round to then play his ...

Rory McIlroy brilliantly muscled his way to just a shot from the summit after an Omega European Masters matching best of 63 on day two of the Swiss event. McIlroy was very much in a class of his own and bringing a record Crans-sur-Sierre crowd to their feet in moving to 11-under and just a shot off the lead. Malaysia’s Gavin Green, a former Asian Tour No. 1 and of Portuguese, Irish and Chinese descent, heads the field in signing a 64 to lead by a shot. McIlroy is among five players at 10-under ...

Despite his lofty stature Rory McIlroy struggled at altitude in posting a ‘no frills’ 67 on the opening day of the Omega European Masters at Crans-Montana. McIlroy’s return to the Alpine course in eight years was a mix of six birdies but also half as many bogeys. The effort left the World No. 2 trailing four shots behind the leading duo of Frenchman Mike Lorenzo-Vera and Austrian Matthias Schwab who signed for seven-under par 63s. Lorenzo-Vera, 34 was one-over through six holes and completed ...

Eleven years on and Rory McIlroy has returned to the Omega European Masters high in the Swiss Alps looking for the one that got away. It was 2008 and McIlroy was competing on the Crans-sur-Sierre course for a first occasion, and the memories that week of lettting slip a first pro victory remain as fresh at the Alpine air. Bernie was present that day when the then World No. 172nd ranked Northern Irishman, and that’s 170 places lowly than his current ranking having moved up a place from No. 3 in ...

Less than 24-hours after Rory McIlroy cut fellow four-time Major winner Brooks Koepka down to size in capturing the Tour Championship/FedEx Cup victory double and the American got one back on the new World No. 2. Koepka, and for a second straight season, has been named 2019 PGA of America ‘Player of the Year’. While the PGA Tour decides its ‘Player of the Year’ award via a player vote, the PGA of America utilizes a point system that awards points for wins, scoring average ...

Rory McIlroy has boldly thrown down the gauntlet at the feet of Brooks Koepka declaring if the American will now have a real fight on his hands to remain World No. 1 McIlroy exacted sweet revenge on the ‘not-so-liked’ Koepka in brushing aside his fellow four-time Major winner to win a second Tour Championship title in four years by four shots thanks to six birdies, including birdies at his closing two holes, in a closing round 66 for an emphatic 18-under par tally on the famed East Lake ...