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Rory McIlroy celebrates golf victory with Dubai Basketball squad

Rory McIlroy celebrates golf victory with Dubai Basketball squad. After three away matches, Dubai Basketball came back home and did not disappoint the fans as they thrashed Slovenia’s Krka 91-76 with the cheering presence of Sunday’s Race to Dubai Champion Rory McIlroy in the audience.  It has been 30 days since Dubai Basketball fans last watched the home team take to the court this season at the Coca-Cola Arena and the hosts put in an impressive performance and bounced back after suffering a
McIlroy wins at Wells Fargo to end 18-month drought

McIlroy wins at Wells Fargo to end 18-month drought

Rory McIlroy shot 3-under-par 68 to win his first PGA tournament in more than 18 months on Sunday, finishing at 10-under 274 in capturing the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow Country Club in Charlotte, N.C. McIlroy finished one shot ahead of Abraham Ancer, who shot a 5-under 66. McIlroy overtook 54-hold leader Keith Mitchell, who shot 72 and finished tied for third with Viktor Hovland (67) at 8-under par. Gary Woodland, the 2019 U.S. Open champion, rounded out the top-five at 7
McIlroy calls proposed breakaway tour a 'money grab'

McIlroy calls proposed breakaway tour a ‘money grab’

LONDON: Four-times major champion Rory McIlroy said on Wednesday (May 5) the proposed Super Golf League (SGL) is nothing more than a "money grab" and he remained committed to chasing major victories on the PGA Tour. The Northern Irishman, competing at this week's PGA Tour event in Charlotte, North Carolina, likened the proposed rival circuit to European soccer's breakaway Super League project that spectacularly collapsed last week before it could get off the ground. "You go back to what happened last week in
Rory McIlroy suffers nightmarish loss as he hits ball into swimming pool

Rory McIlroy suffers nightmarish loss as he hits ball…

Four-time major winner Rory McIlroy is in a slump of form, and nothing embodied that more than his drive on the fifth hole at the WGC Matchplay on Wednesday. The big-hitting Northern Irishman walloped his drive, leaning on his club when he realized it was hooking dramatically to the left, with the ball eventually finishing in someone's swimming pool in a nearby house. The wayward drive wasn't the only time McIlroy's ball took a splash during his match against Ian Poulter, as he