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Rory McIlroy's Actions at Canadian Open Turn Heads
Rory McIlroy's Actions at Canadian Open Turn Heads originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The 2025 RBC Canadian Open tees off from Thursday through Sunday at TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley (North Course) in Caledon, Ontario. Advertisement This week's field includes local favorites like Corey Conners, Mackenzie Hughes and Nick Taylor, alongside international standouts such as Ludvig Aberg, Justin Rose and World No. 2 Rory McIlroy. On Wednesday, one day before official competition began, a touching moment unfolded at TPC Toronto's practice range. A young fan approached McIlroy wearing a pint-sized Masters Green Jacket. When McIlroy spotted the miniature jacket, he joked with a grin, "It took me a little longer to get one of those." The lighthearted jab referenced his April victory at Augusta National, which had completed his career Grand Slam just weeks earlier. Within minutes of the footage being posted online, fans flooded social media with reactions. Advertisement "That's fun 👏, " said one user. "That is awesome 💚," responded another fan. "Sweet green suit with sweet dreams! Rory is magic! 👍," another commenter replied. "So cute! 🥰," one other user commented. "Lil bro said 'bro it took you 35 years' 😂," said another fan. Another commenter simply replied, "Amazing." PGA Tour golfer Rory Doster-Imagn Images Having won this event in 2019 and 2022, McIlroy now eyes a third Canadian Open title. As of Wednesday, McIlroy's career totals include 44 professional wins, 29 PGA Tour wins, 19 European Tour wins and five major titles, including the 2011 U.S. Open, 2012 and 2014 PGA Championships, 2014 Open Championship and 2025 Masters. Advertisement He has also won three FedExCup titles (2016, 2019, 2022), two Players Championships (2019, 2025) and was twice named PGA Player of the Year (2012, 2014). Related: Phil Mickelson Makes Big Career Announcement on Wednesday Related: Scottie Scheffler's Actions in New Video Spark Strong Reaction From PGA Tour This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 4, 2025, where it first appeared.
Irish Daily Mirror
13-05-2025
- Politics
- Irish Daily Mirror
Padraig Harrington proven right as Rory McIlroy fronts up – 'I don't care'
Rory McIlroy has been on a spectacular roll this year after opting to dodge the ongoing golf politics - as advised by Padraig Harrington. McIlroy has had an incredible start to 2025, bagging the Players Championship followed by the much-coveted Masters Green Jacket to finally complete his collection of major titles. Following a period where he became a prominent figure against the Saudi-backed breakaway LIV Golf series, McIlroy has recently toned down his objections and instead called for unity in the game. He stepped down from his role on the PGA Tour's policy board in November 2023 but was snubbed when he tried to return as a player-director in early 2024, which Harrington believes was a blessing in disguise. The three-time major champion told the Golf Channel at the time: "It takes a lot of time, dedication and sacrifice to play this game at this level. The best thing that could have happened is Rory not getting back on that board. "He was being soft by going back to it. It's not the distraction he needs. He needs to be out there playing golf." While it is unknown whether McIlroy directly took advice from Harrington, it is crystal clear he has scaled back his involvement in the political disputes within the sport as negotiations between the PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) continue. McIlroy, speaking last weekend at the Truist Championship, expressed a desire to concentrate on his game. He said: "[I'm] certainly not involved too much in the politics of everything. "You know, being on the board of this Tour and just talking about changes to the Tour Championship and all that, like I have no idea what's going on. I think at this point, I don't care. "I want to play golf, and the reason I got into this game was to shoot scores and try to play the best golf possible, and not really be concerned about how the Tour is run or the business of the Tour." Reflecting on his time on the board, McIlroy added: "It was good to do it. It was a great experience. But I'm happy with where I'm at right now." Looking ahead to the US PGA Championship at Quail Hollow, McIlroy feels more at ease following his long-awaited major triumph. He said: "It [expectation] does feel lighter. I am going there after winning my first major in a decade. "With where that puts me in the argument of some of the best players ever, it is very, very cool. I'm not going there saying 'I don't care' but it is more relaxed. I am excited to get there. I feel my game is in good shape."
BBC News
14-04-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
'McIlroy in the conversation to be Europe's greatest golfer'
The clubhouse clock was ticking towards 11pm on the night of Rory McIlroy's greatest day in the hours that followed his dramatic play-off win over Justin Rose to land his first Masters Green Jacket, the Northern Irishman talked and talked and to CBS's Jim Nantz and Augusta chairman Fred Ridley in the Butler Cabin, then to the assembled members for the formal prize presentation. Then numerous television interviews, the media in the sumptuous press to the clubhouse, where he joined club members in the Grill Room to discuss the dramatic preceding hours that had captivated the sporting world. And then more television he emerged into an adjacent room where we had been waiting - BBC Northern Ireland's Stephen Watson and RTE's Greg Allen - colleagues with whom I've shared so much time covering McIlroy's extraordinary he entered the room, the new Masters champion saw us waiting, puffed out his cheeks, leaned forward resting his elbows on the back of a sofa and gave us a look that said it his eyes said: "Can you believe what has happened? What is happening?" The jacket was a perfect fit, a deeper green than you might imagine and in that moment came the realisation that he had actually done it. The burden had lifted, never again would we be able to ask the questions that had nagged him for more than a aged 35, he is an all time great. Indisputably. He sits alongside Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Ben Hogan and Gene Sarazen - the only male golfers to have won all four of the tournaments that matter Grand Slam eluded some of golf's greatest names; Arnold Palmer, Tom Watson, Lee Trevino, Seve Ballesteros, Sir Nick Faldo and Phil with five majors, McIlroy moves alongside Ballesteros and trails Faldo by one. Given that he has completed the Slam the Northern Irishman might have eclipsed Faldo as golf's greatest could be argued that way, given McIlroy's 28 PGA Tour victories including two Players Championships. Outside his three Masters and three Open titles, Faldo won only three other events that count on the PGA it would be churlish to say either way, comparing eras is a fool's errand. What can be said is that McIlroy is in the conversation for being Europe's greatest now he has shed a family of gorillas from his back he will be unburdened for future majors. The next one is at Quail Hollow, where he has enjoyed so much success in PGA Tour it's the US Open, a championship he has narrowly missed winning in the past two years, before The Open at Royal Portrush in his native Northern Ireland. Opportunities abound in 2025. McIlroy's golfing talent is beyond question. The same could not be said of his temperament because of the weighty burden of an 11-year wait for his fifth major Masters was the biggest hurdle. He feels he should have won it in 2011 when he capitulated to a final round is the tournament that inspired him to play the game, the one he wanted most. It is why nerves so very nearly got the better of him last biggest battle was with himself. Golf is a test of nerve and that element undermines any technical gifts, no matter how grand they might somehow he clung on to deny Rose - a 44-year-old, who surely deserves another major and plays this game with commendable grace and often golf sits in the sporting shadows, but last Sunday these two titans dragged the game into a spotlight that has rarely shone now sits alongside the greatest of UK sporting icons. Sir Roger Bannister, Sir Steve Redgrave, Sir Lewis Hamilton, Sir Andy Murray, Sir Bradley Wiggins, Sir Mark Cavendish, Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill, Dame Laura Kenny, Sir Jimmy Anderson - the list goes on and the order can be argued any which way. But you can see where McIlroy might end bottom line is that in golf and in sport in general, McIlroy is right up there. Supremely talented to the extent that he could conquer vulnerabilities that had threatened an under-achiever cant say that any longer. There is so much more to talk about when it comes to Rory McIlroy.
