Rory McIlroy
Golf
BIOGRAPHY
Rory has spent over 100 weeks at world number one since turning pro in 2007, is a four-time Major winner (the 2011 US Open), the PGA Championship (2012 & 2014) and the British Open (2014), and was runner-up in the 2022 Masters. He started 2024 by winning the Dubai Desert Classic, was tied 12th at the US PGA, and tied 22nd at the US Open. He had a dramatic second place finish at Masters in June where a couple of missed putts in the closing holes cost him the chance of winning his first Major in ten years. He has racked up 26 wins on the PGA, a record three FedEx titles, 17 victories on the European Tour, and five wins from seven Ryder Cup appearances. Rory scored a total of 269 (69-66-67-67) on his Olympic debut in Tokyo, and finished tied fourth after an unforgettable seven-man playoff for the bronze medal. Eliminated after the second hole, he famously said: “I never tried so hard in my life to finish third”.
GOLF NEWS
Team Ireland Golfers Selected For Paris 2024
The Olympic Federation of Ireland has officially selected the golf team who are set to compete at the Olympic Games in Paris this summer. Replicating the team that competed in Tokyo 2020, the Paris 2024 team of Rory McIlroy, Shane Lowry, Leona Maguire and Stephanie Meadow will once again represent Ireland in golf at the Olympic Games. The golf tournament occurs [...]
Paris Scholarship Recipients in Profile
Rhasidat Adeleke (Athletics)Rhasidat (who doesn’t turn 20 until August 2022) is from Tallaght and is already blazing a trail for Irish sprinting. In 2018, aged just15, she became the European Youth (U18) 200m champion in Hungary. In 2019 she won double sprint gold at the European Youth Olympics in Baku. In July 2021 she became […]
MARATHON AND GOLF TAKE CENTRE STAGE IN TOKYO THIS MORNING WHILE COYLE ANNOUNCED AS FLAGBEARER FOR CLOSING CEREMONY
Morning report from Team Ireland on Day 15 of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games All focus for Team Ireland was on the marathon and golf this morning as the women’s marathon got underway in Sapporo, while the final day of the Women’s Individual Stroke Play was held in Tokyo. With the Games now in their […]
GOLF, MODERN PENTATHLON, CYCLING AND ATHLETICS ROUND OUT BUSY DAY 13 FOR TEAM IRELAND
It was another jam-packed afternoon and evening in Tokyo for Team Ireland today, with a host of Irish athletes in action across a range of disciplines. Three-time Olympian Natalya Coyle got off to an impressive start in the Women’s Individual Fencing Round, and will now go into Day Two of her event lying in joint […]
BOYCE AND WRIGHT IMPRESS IN RACE WALK WHILE DAY OF MIXED FORTUNES FOR GOLFERS
Team Ireland’s 50km Race Walkers took to Sapporo Odori Park this morning with Brendan Boyce putting in one of the performances of his career to finish 10th in a time of 3:53:40, less than three minutes outside the medals. His Team Ireland teammate Alex Wright also impressed in 29th, his highest finish ever at a […]
HARRINGTON TO BOX FOR GOLD IN TOKYO AFTER DETERMINED SEMI-FINAL WIN THIS MORNING
Kellie Harrington will box for gold at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games this coming Sunday as she put in a tough and gritty performance in her semi-final bout against Sudaporn Seesondee of Thailand this morning, to take the win – and a minimum silver medal – on a 3-2 split decision. They were neck-and-neck throughout, […]