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Portstewart, Northern Ireland … Rory McIlroy has taken himself off social media and publicly revealing his distaste over “tweets” mid last month by Australian-born and fellow pro golfer, Steve Elkington. Elkington tweeted on June 17th that he felt McIlroy was “so bored playing golf…without Tiger the threshold is prolly 4 majors with 100mill in bank” A Twitter spat then followed with McIlroy quickly responding to the 54-year old Houston-based Elkington:  “@elkpga More like ...

Portstewart, Northern Ireland …. Rory McIlroy has singled out World No. 2 Hideki Matsuyama for special praise ahead of this week’s Irish Open at Portstewart in Northern Irealnd. Matsuyama is the highest ranked player in this Irish field and two spots higher than McIlroy, the tournament host and after McIlroy found himself bumped back to No. 3 by the Japanese star after the U.S. Open and then to No. 4 by Jordan Spieth who replaced McIlroy at No. 3 on the back of his dramatic play-off victory ...

Portstewart, Northern Ireland …. Padraig Harrington insists Shane Lowry should not fall into the trap of being baited on social media. Lowry has been trying to laugh off the critics but clearly there has been many getting under his bearded exterior. “There are a lot of geniuses out there who tell you what you should and shouldn’t be doing, like people telling me I should work harder,” said Lowry. “That is the era we live in. I laugh it off. It definitely does not bother me. “I think ...

Portstewart, Northern Ireland … Graeme McDowell’s won a U.S. Open along with 13 other victories and played in four Ryder Cups in his pro career but it doesn’t stop being brought back to earth when revisiting his beloved Rathmore Golf Club at Portrush. The clubhouse sports one of just two U.S. Open replicas he ordered after his Pebble Beach success. McDowell spent his childhood days, including no doubt skipping school sometimes, in honing his game on both courses at the famed Royal Portrush ...

Portstewart, Northern Ireland …. Former U.S. Open winning Justin Rose handed Jon Rahm some sobering advice declaring the only way the sometimes fiery Spaniard will win a Major is to control his frustration. Rahm, 22 drew much criticism over his unsporting manners ahead of missing the cut at the U.S. Open at Erin Hills. Rahm, with a maiden PGA Tour victory, a second to World No. 1 Dustin Johnson in Texas, and a third in Mexico already this year, let his temper get the better of him for the ...

It has been four years since Martin Laird last contested The Open but he booked himself a Royal Birkdale tee time thanks to what was the disappointment of sharing third place in the rain interrupted Quicken Loans in Maryland. The Scot posted a final round 67 to just miss out on the play off  and clearly left lamenting bogeying the last when he left his second shot short of the green from where he chipped and three putted for a bogey five that left him tied with Rickie Fowler at five under par. Sadly, ...

With Rory McIlroy describing last year’s stunning Dubai Duty Free Irish Open win as “sentimental value” he heads into the event later this week at Portstewart looking now at the historical significance of becoming the first repeat winner in 20 years. Scot Colin Montgomerie was the last to win back-to-back Irish Open’s 1997. The new World No. 4 ranked McIlroy heads a cast of nine Major Champions, 26 Ryder Cup stars, a dozen former Irish Open winners and strong contingent of 17 Irish in the ...