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Top 20 Golfers for 2013 Majors: No. 1 Rory McIlroy
Rory McIlroy They’re the cream of the major championship crop, circa 2013 — the Athlon Major Championship Dream Team. Leading up to The Masters, we'll be unveiling Athlon Sports’ 20 players to watch for m...
6 weeks ago by Rob Doster Tags: Golf, Rory McIlroy

The 2013 Masters At a Glance
Rory McIlroy The Masters at a Glance Augusta National Golf Club • Augusta, Ga. April 11-14 • Defending Champion: Bubba Watson Brandel Chamblee's Take The Masters Tournament is the only major playe...
6 weeks ago by Rob Doster Tags: Golf, News, Bubba Watson, Phil Mickelson, Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods

9 Amazing Stats from the PGA Tour
Rory McIlroy Tiger Woods' weekend in South Florida produced a stunning slate of statistical nuggets. Here are 9 of the best stats from Tiger, Rory, et al.: 17 — Tiger's win in the WGC-Cadillac Championshi...
10 weeks ago by Rob Doster Tags: Golf, Brandt Snedeker, Jordan Spieth, Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods

Rory McIlroy strengthens lead in the world rankings
Rory McIlroy World No. 1 Rory McIlroy closed his season in style as he birdied the final five holes to come from behind and win on Sunday in Dubai and that helped him increase his lead in this week's world rank...
25 weeks ago by Athlon Sports Tags: Golf, Adam Scott, Brandt Snedeker, Bubba Watson. Ian Poulter, Justin Rose, Lee Westwood, Louis Oosthuizen, Luke Donald, Phil Mickelson, Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods, Webb Simpson

PGA Tour 2012: End of Year Awards
Rory McIlroy With this week's Children's Miracle Network Classic, another PGA Tour season draws to a close, meaning that it's time to hand out some hardware. Player of the Year — Rory McIlroy Rory doesn...
28 weeks ago by Rob Doster Tags: Golf, Adam Scott, Brandt Snedeker, Bubba Watson, Ernie Els, Rory McIlroy, Tianlang Guan, Tiger Woods, Tommy Gainey, Webb Simpson

Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods: Head-to-Head
Rory McIlroy On Thursday, Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy will be staging a head-to-head duel at the Turkish Airlines World Golf Final with a spot in the final four of this unique medal match play eight-man b...
32 weeks ago by Rob Doster Tags: Golf, Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods

2012 Ryder Cup: 5 Questions with Davis Love III
Rory McIlroy U.S. Ryder Cup Captain Davis Love has the unenviable task of trying to reverse two decades of European Ryder Cup dominance, a run that has been interrupted only a couple of times since Europe won t...
34 weeks ago by Rob Doster Tags: Golf, Davis Love III, Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods

Brandt Snedeker Wins Tour Championship, FedExCup
Rory McIlroy While you were watching football and checking your fantasy scores (and your bets), Brandt Snedeker was winning $11.44 million. So how did you do today? Snedeker simultaneously earned the two bi...
34 weeks ago by Rob Doster Tags: Golf, Brandt Snedeker, Justin Rose, Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods

FedExCup: The Top 10 Players
Rory McIlroy ...
35 weeks ago by Rob Doster Tags: Golf, Brandt Snedeker, Dustin Johnson, Jason Dufner, Lee Westwood, Louis Oosthuizen, Nick Watney, Phil Mickelson, Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods, Zach Johnson

Is Rory McIlroy the Greatest 23-Year-Old Golfer in History?
Rory McIlroy After back-to-back wins at the Deutsche Bank and BMW Championships, 23-year-old Rory McIlroy is closing in on a FedExCup title. The accompanying $10 million would buy world-class WAG Caroline Wozni...
36 weeks ago by Rob Doster Tags: Golf, Jack Nicklaus, Phil Mickelson, Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods

Golf's BMW Championship Quoteboard
Rory McIlroy It's Round 3 of the battle for the FedExCup. Fresh off scorching the TPC Boston layout this past weekend, the best players in the world converge on Crooked Stick Golf Club in Carmel, Ind., for the ...
37 weeks ago by Rob Doster Tags: Golf, Justin Rose, Phil Mickelson, Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods

Golf's Deutsche Bank Championship: What They're Saying
Rory McIlroy Round One of the FedExCup playoffs is in the books, and now we turn our attention to the PGA Tour's unique Friday-Monday event, the Deutsche Bank Championship at TPC Boston, which will wrap up on L...
38 weeks ago by Rob Doster Tags: Golf, Jason Dufner, Nick Watney, Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods

Golf's Greatest Rivalries
Rory McIlroy In a press conference prior to the Barclays, Rory McIlroy spotted Tiger Woods and joked that he was going to "kick his ass." Tiger and the rest of the room had a laugh, but as they say, there'...
38 weeks ago by Rob Doster Tags: Golf, Greg Norman, Jack Nicklaus, Lee Trevino, Nick Faldo, Phil Mickelson, Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods, Tom Watson

FedExCup Power Rankings: The Top 15 Golfers
Rory McIlroy It's playoff season on the PGA Tour, as the players descend on Bethpage State Park for The Barclays, the first of a four-tournament sprint to the FedExCup title and its accompanying $10 million pay...
39 weeks ago by Rob Doster Tags: Golf, Bubba Watson, Carl Pettersson, Dustin Johnson, Ernie Els, Graeme McDowell, Hunter Mahan, Jason Dufner, Justin Rose, Keegan Bradley, Luke Donald, Matt Kuchar, Rory McIlroy, Steve Stricker, Tiger Woods, Zach Johnson

Rory McIlroy's Winning Moments from the PGA Championship
Rory McIlroy Glory's Last Shots from the Ocean Course ...
40 weeks ago by Rob Doster Tags: Golf, Jack Nicklaus, Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods

Rory McIlroy Dominates at the PGA Championship
Rory McIlroy Call it the Snore by the Shore. Twenty-one years after the Ocean Course at Kiawah Island brought the world's greatest players to their knees at the 1991 Ryder Cup in the famed "War by the Shore," R...
40 weeks ago by Rob Doster Tags: Golf, Ian Poulter, Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods, Vijay Singh

5 Players Who Could Win the PGA Championship, 3 Who Won't
Rory McIlroy Contenders and Pretenders at the Ocean Course ...
41 weeks ago by Rob Doster Tags: Golf, Adam Scott, Dustin Johnson, Keegan Bradley, Lee Westwood, Matt Kuchar, Phil Mickelson, Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods

U.S. Open Weekend Preview
Rory McIlroy He may be boring, but never, ever go to sleep on Jim Furyk. Especially at a U.S. Open. Furyk put himself in great position to win his second U.S. Open championship with another steady, occasion...
48 weeks ago by Rob Doster Tags: Golf, Jim Furyk, Luke Donald, Rory McIlroy

2012 U.S. Open: The Contenders
Rory McIlroy ...
49 weeks ago by Rob Doster Tags: Golf, Bubba Watson, Dustin Johnson, Lee Westwood, Luke Donald, Matt Kuchar, Phil Mickelson, Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods

U.S. Open: The Last Time...
Rory McIlroy On the eve of the 2012 U.S. Open at San Francisco's Olympic Club, we've compiled some statistical tidbits: Last foreign winner:  Rory McIlroy, Northern Ireland, 2011  Last to defend tit...
49 weeks ago by Rob Doster Tags: Golf, Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods

U.S. Open: Past Champions
Rory McIlroy U.S. Open champions 1895 Horace Rawlins (173), Newport Country Club, Newport, Rhode Island 1896 James Foulis (152, +12), Shinnecock Hills, Shinnecock Hills, New York 1897 Joe Lloyd (162, +10)...
49 weeks ago by Rob Doster Tags: Golf, Jack Nicklaus, Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods

Top 20 Golfers for 2012 Majors
Rory McIlroy Now that it's Masters week, it's time to decide who this year's major players will be, and we've done that for you. They’re the cream of the major championship crop, circa 2012 — the Athlon Maj...
1 year ago by Rob Doster Tags: Golf, Lee Westwood, Phil Mickelson, Rory McIlroy, Sergio Garcia, Tiger Woods

Top 20 Golfers for 2012 Majors: No. 2 Rory McIlroy
Rory McIlroy   They’re the cream of the major championship crop, circa 2012 — the Athlon Major Championship Dream Team. Throughout the month of March, we'll be un...
1 year ago by Rob Doster Tags: Golf, Rory McIlroy

PGA Championship Contenders
Rory McIlroy Who has the the best chance to win at the Atlanta Athletic Club. And yes, Tiger Woods has a shot. ...
1 year ago by Rob Doster Tags: Golf, golf news, Luke Donald, PGA Championship Contenders, Phil Mickelson, Rory McIlroy, Stevie Williams, Tiger Woods

The British Open Contenders
Rory McIlroy Rory McIlroy leads a deep pool of talent at Royal St. Georges ...
1 year ago by Rob Doster Tags: Golf, British Open, Luke Donald, Phil Mickelson, Rory McIlroy, Royal St. Georges

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