Rory McIlroy

Where’s the beef? Pro golf needs more salty rivalries to cut through all the sugar

Through the decades, some tension between the best players in the world was par for the course

Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry given food for thought with disappointing Dubai Desert Classic

Patrick Reed faultless in victory at Emirates Golf Club

Rory McIlroy backs Muirfield for Open return despite ‘lowest point’ in 2013

Patrick Reed takes four-shot lead at Dubai Desert Classic with McIlroy 11 adrift of the American

Rory McIlroy gets back into the mix in Dubai with Shane Lowry leading Irish contingent

Masters champion is seven shots behind the lead, but has come back in this tournament before

Hatton dismisses LIV tension with McIlroy as talk in Dubai focuses on waistlines not fines

Englishman, who enjoyed a Guinness tap at home over Christmas, has no interest in falling out over DP World Tour penalties

Rory McIlroy well off pace as Francesco Molinari leads the way at Dubai Desert Classic

World No 2 finishes first round eight shots behind Italian veteran while Shane Lowry lies in share of 12th spot

Rory McIlroy calls on LIV pair Tyrrell Hatton and Jon Rahm to pay DP World Tour fines

Fines of several million pounds are due from the European Ryder Cup players

Final hole double bogey denies Shane Lowry at Dubai Invitational

Nacho Elvira claims third DP World Tour title with steady final round

Shane Lowry grinds it out as he stays in contention in Dubai

Irishman falls two behind leader Nacho Elvira after round of 70

You can’t fight luck in sport, you just learn to control it

In the exact science of modern sport, luck is the corrupting element that refuses to be sanitised

Shane Lowry leads Dubai Invitational after McIlroy hits the water four times

Overnight leader McIlroy struggled to a round of 74 to drop back to joint-fifth

Rory McIlroy says Brooks Koepka’s PGA Tour return indicative of LIV Golf decline

Masters champion says tour have not made any big signings recently

Rory McIlroy gets quickly into the swing of things to lead by one at Dubai Invitational

Masters champion says new equipment felt ‘pretty good’ as he opens season with a five-under 66

Shane Lowry returns to action at Dubai Invitational

Rory McIlroy, Tom McKibbin and Pádraig Harrington among the field

Why did Brooks Koepka rejoin PGA, what has it cost him to quit LIV and will others follow?

Tour’s new management wants Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau back in fold, too

Shane Lowry limbers up in Dubai, but all roads lead to Augusta

Irish golfer says he has a vision of Rory McIlroy putting the green jacket on him

Nonfiction books coming in 2026: From a new memoir by Louise O’Neill to Roy Keane’s impact on modern Ireland

Among promising titles are a book about France’s dark side and Jon Ronson’s exploration of multimillionaires searching for meaning in New England

Shane Lowry, golfer for all terrains, makes indoor start to season

Ryder Cup hero opens his year as part of The Bay team in the TGL before trek to Dubai

Rory McIlroy - A Battle Won: Fascinating profile of a sporting hero with human failings

You have to credit McIlroy for possessing something all too rare in professional sport: a moral compass

‘My mother probably has the rosary beads swallowed’: Top sports quotes of 2025

From Troy Parrott to Ellen Walshe, here are the year’s memorable sporting quotes of the year

‘It felt like every football fan in the world saw the goal’: Ken Early on the late, late Troy show

Irish Times writers pick their most memorable moments from a year featuring outstanding performances by Katie O’Connor, Ava Crean, Louth’s footballers and more

With diamonds made under pressure, 2025 saw Ireland’s sporting treasure chest overflow

From golf to athletics, this year saw Irish sports stars show their mettle on the biggest stages

Rory McIlroy wins RTÉ Sportsperson of the Year

BBC and RTÉ double for Masters champion in career-defining year

Malachy Clerkin: Rory McIlroy is special because of his vulnerabilities as much as his victories

Nothing in sport in 2025 compared to the rollercoaster night watching the final round of the Masters at Augusta

Rory McIlroy wins BBC Sports Personality of the Year for the first time

Northern Irishman becomes first golfer to win award since 1989

‘It will stay with me the rest of my life’: Rory McIlroy says Irish Open was a high point of year

Masters champion says relationship with Ireland has been ‘a little complicated at times’

Republic of Ireland’s November heroics catapult them to become nation’s most popular team

Katie Taylor is the most popular sportsperson in the Teneo Sport and Sponsorship Index for 2025

What was the greatest Irish sporting moment of 2025?

In the News podcast: Incredible year for Irish athletes, amateur and professional

Rory McIlroy and coach Michael Bannon honoured at annual IGWA awards

Pádraig and Paddy Harrington team up again for PNC Championship

Shane Lowry: ‘I’ve always been conscious about my weight, I get obsessed with it at times’

The Ryder Cup hero is back on his home turf in Co Offaly and is still thinking about the putt to retain the cup

RTÉ Sportsperson of the Year: Rory McIlroy, Kate O’Connor and Troy Parrott among 12 nominees

Nominees chosen from across variety of disciplines in outstanding year for Irish sport

Rory McIlroy nominated for BBC Sports Personality of the Year

Luke Littler, Chloe Kelly and Lando Norris among the nominees

Rory McIlroy crowned after career Grand Slam season — wins sixth AGW Golf Writers’ Trophy

Northern Irishman’s landmark Masters win, Irish Open success and Ryder Cup heroics seal a historic 2025

Rory McIlroy calls for Australian Open rescheduling for stronger field

Danish golfer Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen wins title at Royal Melbourne

Rory McIlroy mania hits Melbourne as fans skip school and work on ‘special day’

Queues formed at the crack of dawn to catch a glimpse of the star at the Australian Open

Troy Parrott’s tears were a natural release from the helter-skelter of sporting endeavour

‘In sport, crying has a different status. It excites a different line of questioning. Everyone assumes there must be something behind it’

Rory McIlroy doubts rift in golf will be fixed due to ‘irrational’ LIV spending

More than two-and-a-half years from the proposed merger with the PGA Tour, the two parties are no closer to resolution

Rory McIlroy to end fairytale year at Australian Open in Melbourne

Northern Irishman already looking to 2026, hoping to match Colin Montgomerei record

‘She told me how proud he would have been’ – Rory McIlroy reveals emotional meeting with Seve Ballesteros’s widow

McIlroy went past the Spanish legend after winning a seventh order of merit title in Dubai

Rory McIlroy wins seventh Race to Dubai title despite losing in Dubai playoff

World number two made eagle on 72nd hole to tie the winner Matt Fitzpatrick

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