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1 week ago | 
thesun.co.uk | David Facey
No Scottie Scheffler at the Truist Championship this week, as the world No 1 continues his policy of taking the week off before the Majors. That news will prompt plenty of sighs of relief after the way he romped to an eight shot victory at Dallas last week, laying down a huge marker ahead of next week’s USPGA Championship.
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2 weeks ago | 
thesun.co.uk | David Facey
Scottie Scheffler is back on home ground in Texas, as he makes another attempt to end his victory drought at the CJ Cup in Dallas. The world No 1 is head and shoulders above this field on paper - Sungjae Im, ranked 20th, is Scheffler’s closest rival in the world rankings. So it is no surprise to see the man who won nine times last year installed as a red hot 11-4 favourite to finally open his account for 2025. But Scheffler’s best finish in five previous outings in Dallas is a share of fifth.
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3 weeks ago | 
thesun.co.uk | David Facey
Rory’s back, but he’s not alone - newly crowned Masters champion McIlroy returns to action at this week’s Zurich Classic alongside close pal Shane Lowry to defend their title. McIlroy and Lowry won the two man Ryder Cup-style event last year after a play-off which could easily have featured five duos, rather than just two. That underlines the point that the PGA Tour’s only team event is often wide open, and a few pairings you would usually ignore can rise to the occasion.
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1 month ago | 
thesun.co.uk | David Facey
RORY MCILROY has been tipped to DOUBLE his haul of Majors, after his fifth triumph saw him complete the career Grand Slam. McIlroy, 35, ended an eleven-year drought in the Majours with his play-off victory over Justin Rose at the Masters, and became only the sixth player to win all four of them. And his putting coach, Brad Faxon - one of the men credited with making McIlroy a big winner again - said there will be plenty more to come.
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1 month ago | 
the-sun.com | David Facey
THE agonising wait is over for Grand Slam glory is finally over - but only after Rory McIlroy put his army of fans through the Major mincer yet again. McIlroy did his best to throw away a Masters he had in an iron grip for most of the final day at Augusta, with a rampant Justin Rose eager to seize a green jacket he has been sizing up for the last ten years.
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1 month ago | 
thesun.co.uk | David Facey
RORY McILROY unleashed the most explosive scoring burst in the 91-year history of The Masters — and stormed into a two-shot lead. McIlroy opened his third round at Augusta yesterday with SIX successive threes, a run that included an eagle and three birdies. He led by four shots after six holes of day three. And after a sticky patch around the turn, a second eagle at 15 took him clear again, with a second successive 66 taking him to 12 under.
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1 month ago | 
thesun.co.uk | David Facey
THE Spanish golfer who took a leak in Rae’s Creek has issued a grovelling apology - and promised not to do the same thing if he is caught short at the Open. Jose Luis Ballester, the current US Amateur Champion, originally tried to brush the incident off, after he was spotted urinating into the stream that runs alongside the 13th hole at Augusta. Ballester, 21, played the first two rounds with defending Masters champion Scottie Scheffler and double USPGA winner Justin Thomas.
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1 month ago | 
thesun.co.uk | David Facey
RORY McIlroy bounced back from his first round mini-meltdown to sit hot on the heels of Masters leader Justin Rose - then revealed his daughter was key to his resurgence. First round leader Rose continued his sizzling start as he improved to eight under par through 36 holes. That is a shot better than the Augusta specialist’s previous lowest score at the halfway mark, and he is clearly hell bent on improving on his runner-up finishes in 2015 and 2017.
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1 month ago | 
thesun.ie | David Facey
RORY McILROY is in the hunt in the first round of The Masters at Augusta, after some golden advice from Golden Bear Jack Nicklaus. The Holywood hotshot, whose early good work was unravelled by a double-bogey when he found the water on the 15th hole, is bidding to win the Major that eludes him and join Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, Gary Player, Ben Hogan and Gene Sarazen in completing golf’s career Grand Slam.
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1 month ago | 
thesun.co.uk | David Facey
Justin Rose became a Masters record-breaker, as a blistering first round 65 took him clear of Jack Nicklaus as the greatest front-runner Augusta has ever seen. Before this sensational seven under par effort the English golfer was tied with six-time champion Nicklaus for the most first round leads at the Masters - four apiece. Rose’s round equalled his best score in 71 outings at Augusta, with the 65 that gave him the outright lead after day one of the 2021 Masters.
