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Yahoo
09-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Rory McIlroy Makes Life-Changing Decision After Winning Masters
Rory McIlroy is having a spring to remember. The 36-year-old from Northern Ireland finally captured his first Masters title, completing the career grand slam. He now turns his attention to the PGA Championship, a tournament he's already won twice. McIlroy's last PGA Championship win came in 2014, capping off a dominant three-year stretch that saw him claim PGA Tour Player of the Year honors from 2012 to 2014. Advertisement While McIlroy remains focused on adding more victories to his resume, he's also making a major personal move. Reports indicate he is preparing to relocate to London, where his new family home is nearly complete. Though he'll maintain his residence in Florida, London will become his primary home base in the coming years. "#RORY's NEW HOME — The McIlroy's new family home in London is nearly complete and will reportedly be ready for move-in following The U.S. Open. " "According to @TelegraphSport, McIlroy will keep his home in Florida but permanently move across the pond in a few years time. @TrackingRory" McIlroy has experienced some ups and downs in his personal life as well. He and his wife Erica Stoll, who share a daughter born in 2020, faced a public challenge in May 2024 when McIlroy filed for divorce. Just a month later, the filing was withdrawn. Advertisement 'We have resolved our differences and look forward to a new beginning,' McIlroy stated in June. PGA golfers Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler© Kyle Terada-Imagn Images On the course, McIlroy has been one of the most consistent players of his generation. Since joining the PGA Tour, he has racked up 29 wins. He's also tallied 19 victories on the European Tour, along with single wins on both the Asian Tour and the PGA Tour of Australasia. Following his win at the Masters, McIlroy teed it up at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. He is currently competing in the Truist Championship in Philadelphia. Up next is the PGA Championship, which begins May 15 at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina. It will mark the 107th edition of the tournament. Advertisement Related: Charles Barkley Predicts Winner of NBA Finals Without Hesitation Related: No. 1 College Basketball Recruit AJ Dybantsa Announces New NIL Deal
Reuters
06-02-2025
- Sport
- Reuters
For Scottie Scheffler, time flies when he's having fun
February 6 - World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler acknowledges the passage of time can play tricks on the mind, like this week's return to Scottsdale, Ariz., for the WM Phoenix Open. Scheffler has won this tournament twice, including his first PGA Tour victory in February 2022. "It's a weird feeling because it feels like a lifetime ago, but at the same time, it feels like I just started out here. It's kind of a weird balance," Scheffler said Wednesday. "I really don't know how to describe it because I think about, what was it, three years ago? I feel like you could have told me it was 30 years ago or three months ago, I wouldn't really know the difference. I feel like that's just how life is sometimes." Time has flown as Scheffler found unmatched success, beginning a run of three consecutive PGA Tour Player of the Year awards. Scheffler, 28, likened the feeling to the birth of his son. .".. I can't really remember a lot of what life was like before Bennett came, and it feels like he's been with us for forever, but he's only 9 months old," Scheffler said. "I think that's just how life is. I'm really happy with the way things have turned out out here, and it's been a lot of fun, and I'm hoping to continue to play golf out here for a long time." Since joining the tour in 2020, Scheffler has won 13 times, including the Masters and The Players Championship twice each. He has won all four majors as well, plus nine runner-up finishes overall and 10 times in third. He has made 112 of 131 cuts. He captured the gold medal at the Paris Olympic Games last summer and the season-long FedExCup title last fall. Yet his approach is to consider the full picture, appreciating that he loses more often than he wins. It's the nature of the sport, and it drives him to be more competitive and aspire for more success. "Golf is a game where I think you're constantly failing. Sometimes it seems like as golfers we kind of love the punishment, just getting beat up every week by this game and trying to get the best out of ourselves," he said. "That's why I focus so much on how I approach things, and I focus on my attitude and how I'm approaching things mentally because that's what makes a successful week for me is if I'm prepared and if I have a good attitude. That's what I'm trying to focus on when I go out and play, and I feel like if I can do that over 72 holes and play some decent golf, then I'll have a chance," Scheffler added. He credited support from family, friends and a team of coaches and others. "There's certain times when I need to be called out, and then there's certain times when I'm doing things the right way," Scheffler said. "But overall, I just think having a great support team out here has been one of the most important aspects of my journey out here on (the PGA) Tour." Scheffler missed most of last month due to a hand injury from a cooking accident over the holidays. He tied for ninth in his season debut at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am last week. Scheffler was happy overall with his play, noting he still may have to shake off some rust. He's very comfortable at TBC Scottsdale for "the People's Open," calling it a lot of fun to battle the golf course and the atmosphere of "a pretty hectic crowd out there," especially at No. 16. Thinking about how times have changed, Scheffler said when he first played this tournament, he would get to the No. 16 tee and not many people would know who he is. Now spectators chant his name during practice rounds. "It's cool to be able to get in that environment and have people cheering for you," Scheffler said. "The cheers for you immediately stop if you miss the green or don't make birdie, so that part is a little bit tough. "It's really cool to be able to play in front of our fans, and this is a week when we get to play in front of a lot of them," he continued. "As a player, I think it's a special week. It's a lot of fun. Like I said, I have great memories of this tournament, so every year getting to come back, I'm reminded of those things."
New York Times
29-01-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
Ahead of 2025 debut, Scottie Scheffler shares how he hurt hand in ‘stupid' kitchen accident
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Scottie Scheffler was attempting to make homemade ravioli on Christmas Day — with limited equipment in a rental home — when he realized he'd made a serious mistake. He decided to use an empty wine glass to shape and slice his pasta dough. 'I had my hand on top of it and it broke, which, side note, I've heard nothing but horror stories since this happened about wine glasses, so be careful,' Scheffler said on Tuesday. 'Even if you're like me and you don't drink wine, you've got to be real careful with wine glasses.' Advertisement The stem of a wine glass stabbed Scheffler in the upper palm of his right hand. That's the crux of the incident that led to a surgical procedure and took the 2024 PGA Tour Player of the Year out of his first two tournaments of the season, The Sentry in Maui and the American Express in Palm Springs. The No. 1 player in the world is making his first tournament start of 2025 this week at the Pebble Beach Pro-Am, which begins on Thursday. It comes after a two-week long hiatus from golf and physical activity, as well as a steady process of easing back into training and playing. That period was frustrating for a player who thrives in competition. Scheffler doesn't like to sit back and watch. 'It's one of those deals where immediately after it happened, I was mad at myself because I was like gosh, that's so stupid, but you just don't think about it when you're in the moment,' he continued. 'Yeah, definitely been a little more careful doing stuff at home.' Immediately after the incident, a friend of Scheffler's who happens to be a surgeon came to the rescue and helped stop the bleeding. The next day rolled around and the wound was no longer open, but the pain remained, and Scheffler felt a general lack of range of motion. He decided to reach out to a hand doctor he'd worked with on a thumb injury while in college. They opted for surgery. Scheffler said that he does not expect his right hand to incur any long term damage. Scheffler spent his recovery time reflecting and analyzing an historic season that included seven wins on the PGA Tour — the most since Tiger Woods won seven in 2007 — plus an Olympic gold medal and the Hero World Challenge. He re-watched film of his tournament rounds and took his mind back to those cruise-control moments in competition, taking note of both his swing positions and demeanor. 'There's a few tournaments I looked back at where the thing that stuck out the most was that I never really overreacted to stuff, I kind of stayed in it and kind of waited for my moment to get hot,' Scheffler said.
