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Toronto Sun
5 days ago
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- Toronto Sun
What's up with Rory McIlroy?
Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland plays his shot from the ninth tee during the first round of THE PLAYERS Championship on the Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass on March 13, 2025 in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. Photo by Richard Heathcote / Getty Images North America WATCH BELOW: On the latest episode of On Tour with Jon McCarthy, Postmedia's Rob Wong chats with Toronto SUN National Golf Writer Jon McCarthy about Rory McIlroy declining to speak with the media at the PGA Championship, why he isn't playing at this year's Memorial Tournament, what to expect from next week's Canadian Open and the upcoming U.S. Open. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account Toronto & GTA Sunshine Girls Sunshine Girls Tennis NFL
National Post
5 days ago
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- National Post
On Tour: What's up with Rory McIlroy?
Article content WATCH BELOW: On the latest episode of On Tour with Jon McCarthy, Postmedia's Rob Wong chats with Toronto SUN National Golf Writer Jon McCarthy about Rory McIlroy declining to speak with the media at the PGA Championship, why he isn't playing at this year's Memorial Tournament, what to expect from next week's Canadian Open and the upcoming U.S. Open.
Toronto Sun
18-05-2025
- Sport
- Toronto Sun
Rory McIlroy not helping himself by skipping post-round interviews
Get the latest from Jon McCarthy straight to your inbox Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland prepares for a shot on the 14th tee with his caddie, Harry Diamond, during the third round of the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow Country Club on Saturday. Photo by Ross Kinnaird / Getty Images CHARLOTTE, N.C. — There were questions coming into the week whether Rory McIlroy would arrive at the PGA Championship hungry for more after winning the Masters, or still in the afterglow of completing the career grand slam and uninspired. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account Unfortunately, we don't exactly know the answer, largely because the most popular player in the game has opted not to speak to media following any of his rounds this week. After making the +1 cut right on the number at a Quail Hollow course he has won at four times on the PGA Tour, it seemed safe to assume that the Northern Irish superstar simply didn't bring his usual competitive fire to Charlotte. But then, on Friday, news broke that McIlroy's TaylorMade driver was randomly tested by the USGA and deemed non-conforming on Tuesday, forcing him to use a replacement this week. Looking at his statistics for the week, it's been largely his driver that has let him down. Usually his greatest weapon — and the most important club this week at a brutally long and soft golf course — McIlroy has missed more than half the fairways, and the No. 1 player in strokes-gained-off-the-tee isn't gaining any notable advantage driving the ball this week. It would be interesting and worthwhile to know how much he feels the driver switch has affected his week. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. McIlroy heads to Sunday tied for 49th at two-over par. Talking about it would also help clarify to mainstream sports fans that having a driver pulled for testing non-conforming is nothing like cheating. The fact is that modern drivers are built so close to the legal limitations that after hitting thousands of balls, the club can infinitesimally change, but change enough to fail the test. Unfortunately it's mainly golf geeks that know this, so there are sports fans tuning into this major championship wondering if Rory was up to no good this week, or even worse, in April at the Masters. He wasn't. And that's for certain. But he could have — and should have — helped himself by taking 30 seconds to address the topic this week. Read More Toronto Maple Leafs Sports Golf Columnists Columnists
Toronto Sun
15-05-2025
- Sport
- Toronto Sun
Nick Taylor weighs in on sport's biggest mystery: 'Doubts don't creep in"
It is what every athlete needs to reach the top. It is largely immeasurable but easily seen. If this is beginning to sound like a riddle, that's because in large part that's what it is. Get the latest from Jon McCarthy straight to your inbox Nick Taylor of Canada chips onto the 13th green prior to the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow Country Club in Charlotte, North Carolina. Photo by Alex Slitz/ / Getty Images CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Whatever it is, Nick Taylor has it. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account It is what every athlete needs to reach the top. It is largely immeasurable but easily seen. If this is beginning to sound like a riddle, that's because in large part that's what it is. If the 37-year-old Canadian golfer from Abbotsford, B.C. finds himself in contention on Sunday at this week's PGA Championship at Quail Hollow in Charlotte, expect to hear commentators reference his guts, or his killer instinct, or any other combination of words to describe something that is largely indescribable. Expect to see highlights of his historic tournament-winning playoff eagle bomb at the 2023 RBC Canadian Open, or his gutsy playoff birdie putts versus Charlie Hoffman at the 2024 Waste Management Phoenix Open, or his eagle chip-in on the 72nd hole and two playoff birdies to win the 2025 Sony Open. Jon McCarthy has something for every golfer, with a notably Canadian slant. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 'I get more clarity in those high-pressure situations. Maybe that's just a gift that I've been given to be able to do that,' Taylor told Postmedia. 'You'll have to talk to other guys to see what they feel if it doesn't go their way but for whatever reason my brain almost works better in those situations.' In the past few years, Taylor has gone from more-or-less a journeyman PGA Tour player to a five-time winner with a cold-blooded reputation. This clutch gene is routinely attributed to superstar athletes such as Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus, Michael Jordan, Tom Brady and other greats. But Nick Taylor is far from a superstar. In many statistical aspects, he's a slightly above average pro golfer. But in one aspect he's far from average. 'I've been fortunate to pull off the shots when I need to when I'm in those positions,' Taylor said. 'The belief is there. Doing it once, twice, will give you the belief that you can do it a third time. And you have confidence going into those situations.' This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. It was far from an easy road to get here. After turning pro as the World No. 1 ranked amateur, his career stalled and it took four long years before he finally made the jump to the PGA Tour. After winning in just his fourth PGA Tour start in 2014, it would be six more years before he stared down Phil Mickelson in the final group the Pebble Beach to notch his second win. These days, a season can't seem to go by without seeing Taylor in the winner's circle. One major change that has coincided with his recent rise in the game is the addition of caddie Dave Markle in 2022. Taylor and Markle have known each other since childhood when they used to compete against one another as juniors. Taylor credits his friend and caddie for reminding him of the player he was growing up. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 'It's been great to snag one each year over the past few years but we're all trying to just get more consistent and get ourselves in a position to contend as much as we can,' he said. Consistency is what every golfer yearns for in the up-and-down world of the professional game. It's good for your wallet and it's easier on your mind. At the Masters in April, Taylor finally broke a rather shocking streak of nine consecutive missed cuts at major championships. It's tough to have a big Sunday when your week ends on Friday. With that weight lifted, and with an early season win in his back pocket, Taylor has set his sights on contending at a major as his next career goal. And if he gets there, it's a safe bet that he'll be ready for his moment. 'It's fun being in those scenarios and having a clear objective,' he said. 'Doubts don't creep in.' Must be nice. Read More Toronto Maple Leafs Relationships Toronto Maple Leafs Olympics Columnists
Toronto Sun
14-05-2025
- Sport
- Toronto Sun
Can Rory McIlroy win another PGA Championship?
Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland plays his shot from the third tee prior to the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow Country Club on May 13, 2025 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Photo by Kevin C. Cox / Getty Images WATCH BELOW: On the latest episode of On Tour with Jon McCarthy, Postmedia's Rob Wong chats with Toronto SUN National Golf Writer Jon McCarthy about this week's PGA Championship at Quail Hollow. They discuss Rory McIlroy's chances of winning his second major of the season after his victory at the Masters and which Canadians have the best shot at winning. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account Celebrity Editorial Cartoons Olympics NHL Celebrity
