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U.S. Open 2019: The biggest story at Pebble Beach was what didn’t happen

We’re told major championships are golf’s grandest theatre, though there are a handful of stages where the spotlight shines ever so brighter. Pebble Beach did nothing to refute its standing this week.

June 18, 2019

U.S. Open

U.S. Open 2019: Rory McIlroy is still in it, but Pebble Beach’s par 5s have diminished his chances

After a one-under 70 on Saturday, Rory McIlroy enters the final round of the U.S. Open five strokes off the lead of Gary Woodland. Not out of it but not exactly breathing down his neck.

June 16, 2019

U.S. Open

U.S. Open 2019: Rory McIlroy struts his way into the mix at Pebble Beach

The tell made its appearance on the 11th. Every golfer has one, that distinguishing feature that lets the galleries know they’re cooking.

June 15, 2019

U.S. Open

U.S. Open 2019: Rory McIlroy gets the good start he needed at Pebble Beach

Rory is on the radar at Pebble Beach.

June 14, 2019

U.S. Open

U.S. Open 2019: Rory McIlroy’s recent major woes have more to do with how they start than how they finish

Without a great start, there have been no happy endings in major championships for Rory McIlroy.

June 13, 2019

U.S. Open

U.S. Open 2019: Assessing every player’s chance of contending at Pebble Beach

We broke down this year's field—156 players—into various segments based on their likelihood of winning.

June 11, 2019

PGA Tour

Rory McIlroy’s seven-stroke win bodes well for U.S. Open at Pebble Beach … maybe

Attempts to quantify momentum in sports, however scientific the studies, tend not to elucidate and occasionally invite mockery.

June 10, 2019

PGA Tour

Rory McIlroy threatens 59, finishes with nine-under 61 to win RBC Canadian Open by seven shots

This is McIlroy’s second win of the 2018-’19 season, the first coming in March at the Players Championship.

June 10, 2019

PGA Tour

Rory McIlroy vaults to the top of the leader board with third-round 64 at RBC Canadian Open

Mark Blinch/Getty Images Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) plays his shot from the seventh tee during the third round of the RBC Canadian Open at Hamilton Golf and Country Club on June ...

June 9, 2019

News

Rory McIlroy says players should give USGA chance ‘to redeem’ itself at Pebble Beach

Rory McIlroy, a former U.S. Open champion, said this year’s U.S. Open at Pebble Beach might be a make or break championship for the USGA.

May 30, 2019

U.S. PGA Championship

PGA Championship 2019: The PGA’s new May date has tour pros rethinking how they prep for major season

With the coming and going of the Masters, the major season is in full bloom. A year ago, we’d still be waiting another month for the next one. Not anymore.

May 12, 2019

News & Tours

Rory McIlroy reverses course, rejoins as European Tour member at deadline

According to reports, McIlroy’s team finally filed for membership before the European Tour’s May 1 deadline last week.

May 10, 2019

Ryder Cup

Padraig Harrington gets wish as captain’s picks for 2020 European Ryder Cup team go from four to three

As he intimated shortly after his appointment in January, European Ryder Cup captain Padraig Harrington will add only three captain’s picks to the nine automatic qualifiers that will make up the Old World’s 2020 team at Whistling Straits.

May 9, 2019

PGA Tour

Rory McIlroy’s third-round 68 has him lurking through 54 holes of the Wells Fargo Championship

Rory McIlroy has won the Wells Fargo Championship twice, both times in dominant fashion. To win at Quail Hollow for a third time, McIlroy won’t need a 62 or 61, but he’ll need to come from behind like he did in 2010.

May 5, 2019

PGA Tour

Rory McIlroy’s back-nine birdie binge gives him share of first-round lead at the Wells Fargo

Matching McIlroy’s 66 was Joel Dahmen, who birdied two of his final four holes to join the Northern Irishman at the top of the leaderboard.

May 3, 2019

News & Tours

Rory McIlroy working on regaining his driving advantage in advance of Wells Fargo Championship

Rory McIlroy has long built his game around the success of his driving. So when he struggled mightily with it in the first major of the year, the Masters, there was work to be done.

May 2, 2019

Instructions

8 Tour Player Positions & What You Can Learn From Them

We asked Golf Digest 50 Best Teacher Mike Jacobs to help break down some close-up images of eight great players to explain what exactly you can see in the swing—and what’s hidden below the surface.

April 24, 2019