Rahm misses cut, McIlroy struggles in Dubai Jon Rahm and Viktor Hovland missed the cut and Rory McIlroy was forced to battle to make the weekend as the headline acts struggled at the Dubai Desert Classic.

U.S. amateur upstages McIlroy, Rahm in Dubai David Ford, a 22-year-old American amateur making his debut on the European tour, upstaged Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm and many of the world’s top players at the Dubai Desert Classic to take a share of the first-round clubhouse lead Thursday.

McIlroy emerges after 3-week swing reworking Rory McIlroy said he has been hunkered down in a studio — first in Florida, then in New York — for three weeks, just hitting balls at a screen with a modified swing and not even looking at the flight of his shots.

Empathetic Schauffele: ‘Tough spot’ for McIlroy Xander Schauffele said Rory McIlroy will eventually have to answer questions about his U.S. Open mistakes, but he understands why McIlroy is stepping away from the game.

McIlroy: PGA Tour-LIV split unsustainable for golf The split in the men’s game between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf is unsustainable and will not benefit anyone in the long term, Rory McIlroy told Golf Magazine on Tuesday.

McIlroy resigns from PGA Tour’s policy board Four-time major champion Rory McIlroy, one of the PGA Tour’s most vocal supporters during its battle with LIV Golf, has resigned as a player director on the tour’s influential policy board, a tour official confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday.

Rory McIlroy Resigns From PGA Tour Board The decision came about five months after the tour struck an agreement with Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund to create a joint company.

Mets’ Cohen buys team in Woods-McIlroy’s TGL New York Mets owner Steven A. Cohen is the latest sports figure to purchase a team in the tech-infused golf league being fronted by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy.

McIlroy, Rahm, Rose headline ’23 Open pairings Masters champion Jon Rahm, former world No. 1 golfer Justin Rose and Rory McIlroy will play the first two rounds of the 151st Open Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Club.

‘Pleased’ McIlroy holds slim lead at Scottish Open Rory McIlroy posted a 4-under 66 for a 1-stroke lead in the Scottish Open on Friday, after missing nine putts from 10 feet or closer at the Renaissance Club in Gullane, Scotland.

McIlroy: I’d retire before playing for LIV Golf Rory McIlroy continued to speak out against the LIV Golf League, telling reporters he wouldn’t play on that tour if it was “the last place to play golf on Earth.”