Rory McIlroy had a day to forget at the season-ending World Tour Championship on Saturday, ending four shots off the lead and seeing Race to Dubai rival Eugenio Chacarra haul himself back into contention.
Rory McIlroy recovered from a back-nine wobble to birdie No. 18 and share the 36-hole lead at the season-ending World Tour Championship on Friday, leaving him well-placed to win a record-tying eighth Race to Dubai golf title.
Rory McIlroy started the strongest of the Race to Dubai title contenders at the season-ending World Tour Championship on Thursday, shooting 3-under 69 to lie in third place and two strokes off first-round leader Joost Luiten.
Jon Rahm will take a one-shot lead into the final day of the Abu Dhabi Championship after shooting 6-under 66 in the third round Saturday.
Former World No. 1 Lee Westwood doesn’t know what he’s going to do next. The two-time Masters runner-up quipped to The Chipping Forecast podcast “I’m currently unemployed” after leaving LIV Golf.
Yuto Katsuragawa will take a two-stroke lead into the final day of the Genesis Championship after the Japanese golfer tied the course record on Saturday.
Eugenio Chacarra won the DP World India Championship to maintain a late-season surge that has lifted the Spanish golfer atop the Race to Dubai standings.
Eugenio Chacarra has moved into position for another big win in India. The Spanish golfer was leading by two strokes on 14-under par when Saturday’s play at the DP World India Championship was suspended because of fading light.
Eugenio Chacarra boosted his Race to Dubai prospects with a five-under-par effort and Rory McIlroy was three shots behind him at the DP World India Championship on Thursday as a five-hour delay for lightning meant the first round could not be completed.
Grant Forrest got up-and-down for birdie on the reachable par-4 18th for a 2-under 70 and a one-shot victory in the Spanish Open on Sunday, earning the 33-year-old from Scotland his first trip to Augusta National for the Masters.
Joe Dean of England made eight birdies in 15 holes, then recovered from a rough two-hole stretch by closing with a 30-foot birdie putt for a 6-under 65 and a share of the lead Saturday with Grant Forrest of Scotland in the Spanish Open.
Casey Jarvis of South Africa holed out for eagle on his first hole and used the brilliant start to post a 7-under 65 on the Old Course on Saturday, giving him a two-shot lead in the Dunhill Links Championship as he goes for his third European tour title of the year.
Matt Fitzpatrick eased to victory at the French Open on Sunday for his fourth title of the year.
Matt Fitzpatrick pulled away with a 6-under 65 on Saturday to build a five-shot lead in the French Open as he goes for his fourth title of the year.
Ryder Cup star Tommy Fleetwood pulled out of the French Open ahead of Saturday’s third round after feeling unwell.
Ryan Gerard might have been representing the United States in the Presidents Cup this week.
Rory McIlroy hit a 4-iron from 230 yards to inside 2 feet and holed the eagle putt to finish off a 3-under 69 on Saturday and move into contention to win the BMW PGA Championship for the second time.
PGA champion Aaron Rai and Joakim Lagergren of Sweden each posted a 6-under 66 on Thursday in the BMW Championship with the kind of finish Rory McIlroy could have used at Wentworth.
Billy Horschel has been the top American supporter of the European tour flagship event, having played the BMW PGA Championship every year since 2019 except for 2020 during travel restrictions for the COVID-19 pandemic. Horschel wasn’t expecting to be in Asheville, North Carolina, this week, but he had no choice.
Shane Lowry finally had a great day with the putter and made the most of it Friday by setting the course record with an 8-under 62 at Trump International Ireland to build a three-shot lead going into the weekend at the Irish Open.
President Donald Trump is taking a break this weekend from the pressures of the Iran war and American voter anger over the conflict’s economic fallout by indulging in one of his favorite pastimes: golf.
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