Rory McIlroy

Wearing black rain pants on a soggy, foggy Wednesday morning, Rory McIlroy still had a bounce in his step and plenty of reasons to smile as he chatted with ...

The following year at the Masters, Molinari's tee shot into the water on the par-3 12th allowed Woods to seize control. He's the chief attraction at TPC Potomac during a stretch of the PGA Tour schedule when top players are choosy about where they play, with three major championships looming in the next 10 weeks. It's something to definitely build on over the next few weeks." The rough maybe isn't up as much as they usually have it here because of the time of year, but overall, really solid test." McIlroy, who turned 33 on Wednesday, has a more recent title to defend this week at the Wells Fargo Championship, although he'll have to do it on a course where he's never competed. "You've got to hit the ball really well.

Rory McIlroy has been in the golf spotlight nearly his entire life. From his early days growing up in Hollywood, Northern Ireland to winning four majors, ...

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Webb Simpson believes Rory McIlroy's opinions matter as he "brings a lot to the table" now he is on the PGA Tour Board.

"Love Rory in a press conference, always great value. Webb is right - he’s rubbing off on the rest of them." "I think he's proven himself off the golf course.

This week, with the PGA Tour caravan moving near Washington D.C. for the Wells Fargo Championship, Rory McIlroy finally returns to the field and in addition ...

Of a new way to approach the field. Of a new mood. This week, with the PGA Tour caravan moving near Washington D.C. for the Wells Fargo Championship, Rory McIlroy finally returns to the field and in addition he does so as a defending champion.

On Father's Day 11 years ago, at the course across the street from here - venerable Congressional Country Club - he won his first major, the US Open, as a ...

He’s a leader, I think, for us in a lot of ways. “He’s proven himself on the golf course,” said Webb Simpson, a former US Open champion who serves with McIlroy on the Tour’s player advisory committee. “I think he’s proven himself off the golf course. McIlroy spoke before the Masters of going through a stretch where he was “playing golf swing rather than playing golf.” Watch those old swings from Congressional, and there was nothing even remotely technical or mechanical about them. So he is straddling two worlds, trying to find the best golf of his youth while being one of the game’s statesmen, even if he’s not yet elder. Unfortunately, that’s not the case, but I think that’s still the benchmark of how I can play.” “Just sort of how comfortable I was with everything.” If an eight-shot victory in which he was never even remotely in danger of not losing the tournament can have a signature moment, it came Sunday at Congressional’s par-3 10th. As of Wednesday, he is 33, a husband and a father himself. He can address questions, as he did on Wednesday, about how the Tour should re-imagine the fall segment of its schedule. “I still to this day think it’s the best week of golf I’ve ever played in my life,” McIlroy said. Rory McIlroy tapped at his last putt in an early morning pro-am at TPC Potomac on Wednesday, and the serenade followed.

Rory McIlroy is the clear-cut betting favorite and most popular bet to win the 2022 Wells Fargo Championship.

The Canadian is also third at Caesars in betting handle with 10% at +2000 odds, the second-shortest to win the tournament. It’s also not a surprise why he is the most popular bet at Caesars Sportsbook with 11% of the betting tickets and 21% of the total betting handle to win the tournament. The most heavily-bet player at BetMGM is Corey Conners who has 10% of the betting tickets and 14% of the total betting handle. And because this is the only 72-hole tournament that he’s won more than twice in his career, McIlroy has opened as the +900 favorite to win it a fourth time. The world’s 7th best golfer at the OWGR is the only name on the betting boards with odds shorter than 20/1 to win the event. He followed that up with a second win at the Wells Fargo Tournament in 2015 and won the event again by one shot last year.

Defending champion Rory McIlroy enjoyed an eventful start to his bid for a fourth victory in the Wells Fargo Championship.

I said to myself walking off the green, if I could just get back to three under by the end of the day after that, I would be pretty happy." "I went over to Congressional yesterday and that rekindled some nice memories. That was a nice bounce back (after the double bogey) to birdie both of those holes.

The tournament is being played this week at TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm in Potomac, Maryland, not far from the nation's capital rather than its usual home at ...

I hit it in the water, but got a drop up there and so I probably left a couple out there. I mean, 11’s a tough hole, I got a bit of a flyer from the semi-rough and made bogey, but you sort of accept that and deal with that. He sprinkled in two bogeys – at 11 and 17 – and made the turn in 32. One day after turning 33, the Northern Irishman got off to a flying start with birdies on five of his first six holes. But McIlroy still has good vibes in this area, which isn’t far from the site of his first major victory at the 2011 U.S. Open. McIlroy has won the Wells Fargo Championship not once, not twice, but three times and is the defending champion this week.

Rory McIlroy bounced back from a second-nine double bogey to shoot a 3-under 67 in his title defense.

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On the 591-yard par-5 10th hole, McIlroy reached the green in 3 and sunk a 20-foot putt for birdie. This moved McIlroy to 1 under for the round. On the ...

This moved McIlroy to 3 under for the round. This moved McIlroy to 2 under for the round. This moved McIlroy to 2 under for the round.

Rory McIlroy made a strong start to his Wells Fargo Championship title defence by getting within two strokes of the early lead at TPC Potomac.

"It's a very good start overall," Rai said. "I should have made five on No 6 when I hit it in the water but got a drop up there, so I probably left a couple out there. I mean, 11 is a tough hole, I got a bit of a flyer from the semi rough and made bogey, but you sort of accept that and deal with that.

There were plenty of good vibes for the Northern Irishman ahead of the first round in the Wells Fargo Championship and he rode them for a 67.

"That was a nice bounce back to birdie both of those holes coming back," he admitted. It's just a solid golf course." Unfortunately, that's not the case, but I think that's still the benchmark of how I can play. Of this week's challenge across the road he said: "Any time you can defend a title, it's a nice thing to do. "The ball was on a string that week and you wish you could bottle that. "I still to this day think it's the best week of golf I've played in my life," he added.

The Holywood man finished the opening round with a three-under-par 67, and is two shots off the lead at the Wells Fargo Championship.

“I love this part of the world, I like the area,” McIlroy said. I said to myself walking off the green, if I could just get back to three-under by the end of the day after that, I would be pretty happy.” That was a nice bounce back [after the double bogey] to birdie both of those holes.

Defending champion Rory McIlroy enjoyed an eventful start to his bid for a fourth victory in the Wells Fargo Championship.

"I went over to Congressional yesterday and that rekindled some nice memories. I said to myself walking off the green, if I could just get back to three under by the end of the day after that, I would be pretty happy." That was a nice bounce back (after the double bogey) to birdie both of those holes.

Rory McIlroy fired a solid round of 3-under-par at TPC Potomac to sit just two shots behind the leaders when he walked off the course in Maryland.

He made bogeys on the 11th and 17th holes in Maryland as well as a double-bogey at the 4th hole. Matt Fitzpatrick scored a solid 68 on day one. McIlroy made five birdies in his first nine holes and in doing so, he tied his career record for the number of birdies he's made in an opening nine holes at a PGA Tour event.

Hole-outs, a rules controversies and low scores were abundant at TPC Potomac on Thursday as competitors began play in Potomac, Maryland. Jason Day is the name ...

And over the course of a tournament you're going to have -- you're going to think about shots that you could have held onto, but I think at the end of the week it all sort of evens out. However, if this thing gets ugly in terms of the weather, Fitzpatrick may be the best value on the board. The fact that I was really comfortable under those circumstances is encouraging." Finding water off the tee on the par-4 fourth hole, McIlroy subsequently made a double-bogey, dropping to 1 under for his round. Experiencing well-documented struggles, the 33 year old finds his name on the first page of the leaderboard after the opening round. When asked what a typical Thursday gallery looks like for him, McCarthy added: "The numbers are probably single digits, I can probably count on one hand if not two hands. Three-putting for bogey on his very next hole, McIlroy would level out, with the exception of one swing. There are a number of good stories sitting at 5 under ranging from Wolff to McCarthy, but Dahmen is the player who catches my attention. The first round of the 2022 Wells Fargo Championship had a little bit of everything. I obviously, I've got to give myself a pat on the back because I played some nice golf today, but we've got three more days after this and I think the main goal is to try and focus and get yourself in a position where you can win. It's a far cry from 2018, the last time the PGA Tour visited TPC Potomac, as the par-70 is susceptible to birdies and should be moving forward. Jason Day (-7): Four years after the fact, Day is now positioned to win the Wells Fargo Championship again.

There were bright bangs from Jason Day, Matthew Wolff and Rory McIlroy, along with a someone-knocked-over-the-cannister-and-the-bottle-rocket-hit-dad's-Camry ...

And yeah, there was a couple that were a little offline and cost me a little bit early in the round, but other than that, a lot of good stuff. “Actually had a little bit of mud on the ball from hitting in the hazard and played it perfectly,” Fowler said. “Yeah, the bucket hat, actually the brim got screwed up this week so it is just super wonky, so actually I have it underneath a couple heavy books at home to just flatten it out. “Over the course of a tournament you're going to have, you're going to think about shots that you could have held onto, but I think at the end of the week it all sort of evens out. Fowler would need to scramble to save double and was staring down a triple. I felt really comfortable out there, was seeing the lines on the greens, was seeing the shots from the fairways and I just had a really good clear committed picture all day.” It could have been a 65 or a 64, but it's still a good start.” McIlroy three-putted the 17th hole (his eighth) and made double at the fourth thanks to a water-bound tee shot. McCarthy didn’t know what was on tap for Thursday night—“She likes to change it up a little bit, but usually her meals are pretty darn good, so I'm excited for her surprise”—but we guarantee this: There will be one mighty barbecue should McCarthy earn his breakthrough at TPC Potomac. “I think that's only a good thing, I felt really comfortable,” he said. There were bright bangs from Jason Day, Matthew Wolff and Rory McIlroy, along with a someone-knocked-over-the-cannister-and-the-bottle-rocket-hit-dad’s-Camry mishap of Sergio Garcia as the Spaniard was caught on camera saying “I can’t wait to leave this tour” after a ruling didn’t go his way. “There's been a lot of build-up to today's first round, and I was just excited to kind of get out here and get on the course in the morning.

Rory McIlroy, Rickie Fowler and Jason Day remind us that they face a constant, impossible comparison to their former selves.

“Yeah, I still to this day think it’s the best week of golf I’ve ever played in my life,” he added. But I think that’s still the benchmark of how I can play.” In other words, the version of McIlroy we’re holding up for comparison is a version he can hardly remember himself. McIlroy turned 33 on Wednesday. Though he’s won just about everything else, he hasn’t won a major championship since the PGA in 2014. “I’m a year older now, so just have to make sure I take care of some things.” I remember more just from watching on a laptop or a TV screen.” As for McIlroy? He was impressed with Molinari’s grit, hanging in after a double bogey to post a round of one-under 69. “So that’s always the goal.” “You’ve seen Jason Day in 2015,” he said. But McIlroy reminded us that when everything does click, the very best pros can get red-hot for a relatively short period of time. He’s logged just four top-10s, hasn’t seriously contended and has fallen from the top 10 all the way to No. 203 in the world. The last time that playing partner, Francesco Molinari, played a tournament at this week’s host course, TPC Potomac, was the 2018 Quicken Loans. He won the tournament by eight.

Harry Higgs emerged as a huge Rory McIlroy fanboy on Wednesday when he wished his fellow PGA Tour star a happy birthday.

Just wanted to take a second and wish— Harry Higgs (@harryhiggs1991) @McIlroyRorya Happy Birthday! Rory, you are cool as s**t and I hope you have a great day. I also hope I finish first this week and you finish second," Higgs tweeted. Higgs is one of the biggest personalities and most outgoing players on the tour.