Rónán MacNamara

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Luke O'Neill hoping to be best of the West

1 week ago | irishgolfer.ie | Rónán MacNamara

Luke O’Neill believes he has finally cracked the matchplay code as he looks to make a run at this week’s Connolly Motors West of Ireland Amateur Championship at County Sligo Golf Club as he makes his first appearance in the event since 2019.
McIlroy's Masters TV figures give golf shot in the arm

1 week ago | irishgolfer.ie | Rónán MacNamara

Golf’s television ratings earned a much needed boost last weekend as Rory McIlroy’s career grand slam win at the Masters sent viewing figures through the roof. Sunday’s enthralling final round at Augusta National was the most watched telecast on any US network since 2018 averaging 12.707 million viewers – a 33% increase on the final round in 2024 while it was the most-watched day in Sky Sports history with a peak audience of 1.85 million.
Mark Power taking Rory inspiration as he grinds at tour life

1 week ago | irishgolfer.ie | Rónán MacNamara

Mark Power believes that the major championship floodgates will open once again for Rory McIlroy after he completed the career grand slam at the Masters last week. Power has been inspired by not just McIlroy’s on course performances over the last few years but also how he conducts himself and prepares off the course and these are habits he is looking to take into his own career as he tries to grind his way through the levels on tour. “I’ve met him a couple of times.
How my McIlroy Masters dream turned into a nightmare

1 week ago | irishgolfer.ie | Rónán MacNamara

I didn’t know how to feel, all I know is that Rory McIlroy winning the Masters and the Career Grand Slam didn’t feel like I thought it would feel. To paraphrase Del Boy in Only Fools and Horses, the chase was the fun part, waking up on a Thursday four times a year for the last eleven years ready to get my heart broken again.
The Rory Slam: McIlroy can win all four majors this year

1 week ago | irishgolfer.ie | Rónán MacNamara

Eleven years in eighteen holes, eleven years in one moment. Rory McIlroy won the 2025 Masters the only way he knows how to. Chaos. The floodgates have been opened once again and it feels like McIlroy is embarking on his golfing career again. Given that major championships tend to be won in bunches, as he did between 2011-2014, there is no reason why he can’t go on to complete even more history and win all four major championships this summer. That’s right. The Grand Slam is complete.
Moneyball: McIlroy fills green jacket pockets

1 week ago | irishgolfer.ie | Rónán MacNamara

Rory McIlroy’s green jacket might not have his name on it just yet, but he has lined his pockets with $4.2 million after clinching his maiden Masters title. It’s probably the only tournament where money didn’t matter but McIlroy took home the record pot alongside his place in golfing immortality. Rory’s $4.2 million windfall was just under twice the amount that was pocketed by Justin Rose whose ten birdie final round of 66 forced a playoff in which he came up agonisingly short.
‘Didn't talk to me once all day’ Bryson gets radio silence from Rory

1 week ago | irishgolfer.ie | Rónán MacNamara

Bryson DeChambeau received the silent treatment from Rory McIlroy during the final round of the Masters. McIlroy and DeChambeau played in the final group together at Augusta National on Sunday with many expecting a rematch of their epic battle at Pinehurst last year where McIlroy famously handed the mad scientist his second major title. DeChambeau had a Sunday to forget at Augusta as his quest for a maiden green jacket unravelled on the back nine.
Scratch Cups: Grehan signals intent as Abom's conquer Grange

1 week ago | irishgolfer.ie | Rónán MacNamara

Stuart Grehan warmed up for this week’s West of Ireland Championship with a comfortable win at the Rosslare Scratch Cup. The former professional who is making his return to amateur golf this season was in a league of his own as he fired rounds of 64 and 68 to cruise to a five shot victory on twelve-under-par. The Tullamore/Co Louth golfer picked up the €700 first prize fund.
McIlroy's resilience finally lifts his Augusta burden

1 week ago | irishgolfer.ie | Rónán MacNamara

Even Justin Rose knew that Rory McIlroy would not miss that putt on the playoff hole, but when the putt finally dropped, eleven years worth of emotion poured out of McIlroy onto the 18th green. The burden he had carried since winning the 2014 PGA Championship in the park was lifted. After eleven years and 73 holes McIlroy finally won his fifth major and fittingly it came at the site of his first ever major heartbreak.
Rory vs Bryson part 2 is what golf needs

1 week ago | irishgolfer.ie | Rónán MacNamara

It’s Rory McIlroy vs Bryson DeChambeau part II and this time they will be face to face on Sunday at the Masters. It’s the PGA Tour’s great defender, or at least was, versus LIV Golf’s greatest asset. The Youtube golf swing vs the Youtube sensation. This final group pairing evokes memories of Nick Faldo vs Greg Norman in 1996, Tiger Woods vs Phil Mickelson a few years later.