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4 days ago
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Rory McIlroy a laughingstock after PGA Tour career worst
The post Rory McIlroy a laughingstock after PGA Tour career worst appeared first on ClutchPoints. Almost two months ago, Rory McIlroy completed his quest for a career grand slam, winning the Masters Tournament. That was already his third win of the 2025 season. McIlroy won both the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and the PLAYERS Championship. It appeared his game had finally reached another level. Advertisement With six days until the U.S. Open tees off at Oakmont, that no longer seems the case. McIlroy flamed out at the PGA Championship and controversially opted not to speak to the media after each round. The Northern Irishman then skipped Jack Nicklaus' Memorial Tournament, which turned heads. This week, he was back on the course at the RBC Canadian Open, an event he has won twice. Not only did the familiarity with TPC Toronto not help get his game back on track, but he is having the worst tournament of his PGA Tour career. McIlroy carded a 1-over 71 on Thursday. That placed him below the projected cut line entering the second round but only by a couple of strokes. Then Friday happened. Advertisement With three holes to play, McIlroy sits at 9-over for the tournament. He is 150th in the field out of 153 golfers. The worst 36-hole finish of McIlroy's career was a tie for 142nd, per Underdog Golf. He will undoubtedly be heading home early. As his round played out, fans took to social media with some truly wild reactions. 'Rory McIlroy has (understandably) mentally checked out following his Masters win. Such a shame considering the form he was in pre-Augusta.,' one fan posted on X, formerly Twitter. Even Barstool Sports' Riggs could not contain himself. 'Rory F***ing McIlroy you are an emotional rollercoaster what is wrong with you I love you so much.' Advertisement Following four straight pars to begin his round, everything went off the rails on the par-4 5th. The five-time major champion carded a snowman eight for a quadruple bogey. From there, he bogeyed 8, 10, and 13 while double-bogeying the par-3 12th. He made his first birdie of the day on 15, prompting the most perfect troll reaction ever. Barring some double eagles coming in, this will mark the worst 36-hole finish of McIlroy's career, just in time for the U.S. Open. Related: Rockies' Scottie Scheffler quip after ending 57-series sweep drought
NBC Sports
02-04-2025
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- NBC Sports
NBC SPORTS' PGA TOUR COVERAGE DELIVERS SIX CONSECUTIVE WEEKENDS OF VIEWERSHIP GAINS ON NBC/PEACOCK LEADING INTO VALERO TEXAS OPEN
Five of Six Final Rounds on NBC/Peacock Deliver Peak Viewership of More Than 3 Million Viewers Sunday's Texas Children's Houston Open Final Round on NBC/Peacock Up 41% vs. 2024; Viewership Peaked With 4.3 Million Viewers Last Six Sunday Final Rounds on NBC/Peacock Averaging 2.7 Million Viewers, Up 13% vs. 2024 Six Consecutive Weekends of PGA TOUR Coverage on NBC/Peacock Averaging 2.2 Million Viewers, Up 10% vs. 2024 STAMFORD, Conn. – April 2, 2025 – NBC Sports' presentation of the PGA TOUR has delivered six consecutive weekends of year-over-year viewership gains on NBC, Peacock, and NBC Sports Digital properties, highlighted by strong Sunday final round viewership and peak viewership numbers across the board, based on official data from Nielsen and digital data from Adobe Analytics. Beginning with the Mexico Open at VidantaWorld (Feb. 22-23) through last weekend's Texas Children's Houston Open (March 29-30), the past six weekends of PGA TOUR coverage on NBC and Peacock have averaged a Total Audience Delivery (TAD) of 2.2 million viewers across 41 hours of coverage, up 10 % vs. the same six events last year, and up 18% when excluding this year's weather-impacted PLAYERS Championship coverage. Sunday final rounds have delivered further viewership gains in that span, averaging a TAD of 2.7 million viewers, up 13% vs. 2024. Five of the last six Sundays have posted double-digit percentage viewership increases. *Total Audience Delivery (NBC/Peacock/NBC Sports Digital) Below are additional viewership highlights; All six final rounds posted higher peak viewership vs. 2024; Five of six final rounds eclipsed a peak viewership of more than 3 million viewers; Coverage of the PLAYERS Championship delivered the highest peak viewership (6.2 million viewers), followed by last Sunday's Texas Children's Houston Open, which had a peak viewership of 4.3 million viewers. NBC Sports' PGA TOUR coverage continues this week with the Valero Texas Open at TPC San Antonio this Thursday through Sunday on NBC, GOLF Channel, and Peacock. Early round coverage airs tomorrow and Friday at 4 p.m. ET on GOLF Channel. This weekend's coverage begins at 1 p.m. ET on GOLF Channel on both days before transitioning to NBC/Peacock at 3:30 p.m. ET on Saturday and 2:30 p.m. ET on Sunday. --NBC SPORTS--
NBC Sports
19-03-2025
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- NBC Sports
PGA TOUR'S VALSPAR CHAMPIONSHIP HEADLINES LIVE GOLF COVERAGE ACROSS NBC, GOLF CHANNEL AND PEACOCK THIS WEEK
Valspar Championship Live Coverage From Innisbrook Resort (Copperhead Course) in Palm Harbor, Fla., Begins Tomorrow at 2 p.m. ET on GOLF Channel Gary Koch to Serve as Analyst for This Week's Valspar Championship Coverage Monday's PLAYERS Championship Playoff Averages 1.5 Million Viewers Across GOLF Channel, Peacock, and NBC Sports Digital; GOLF Channel's Second Most-Watched Weekday Telecast in 20 Years PGA Tour Champions' Hoag Classic From Newport Beach Country Club – Friday-Sunday Evenings on GOLF Channel DP World Tour Porsche Singapore Classic Live Tomorrow at 1 a.m. ET on GOLF Channel STAMFORD, Conn. – March 19, 2025 – The PGA TOUR's Valspar Championship from Innisbrook Resort (Copperhead Course) in Palm Harbor, Fla., headlines NBC Sports' live golf coverage across NBC, GOLF Channel, and Peacock this week. Additionally, Monday's PLAYERS Championship playoff between Rory McIlroy and J.J. Spaun set viewership milestones for GOLF Channel. The three-hole aggregate playoff on Monday morning averaged 1.5 million viewers across GOLF Channel, Peacock and NBC Sports Digital, and was GOLF Channel's second most-watched weekday telecast in 20 years, only behind Friday coverage of the 2021 Ryder Cup. PGA TOUR: VALSPAR CHAMPIONSHIP The PGA TOUR travels to Palm Harbor, Fla., this week for the Valspar Championship at Innisbrook Resort (Copperhead Course), the last of four consecutive events held in Florida. The field includes Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas, and Xander Schauffele, as well as defending champion Peter Malnati. Long-time NBC Sports golf commentator, Tampa native and Valspar Championship ambassador Gary Koch will serve as an analyst for all four days of this week's coverage. Live coverage begins tomorrow and Friday at 2 p.m. ET on GOLF Channel. Weekend coverage on NBC and Peacock begins at 3 p.m. ET, preceded by lead-in coverage on GOLF Channel both days at 1 p.m. ET. Friday afternoon's coverage on GOLF Channel also features the critically-acclaimed 'Happy Hour with Smylie presented by Michelob Ultra,' as Smylie Kaufman spends time with PGA TOUR stars following their rounds to get their thoughts on the game and showcase their personalities. Rickie Fowler was last week's featured guest at THE PLAYERS Championship. NBC, GOLF Channel & Peacock Broadcast Team Play by Play: Dan Hicks / Steve Sands / Terry Gannon Analyst: Gary Koch / Brad Faxon / Curt Byrum On-Course: John Wood / Smylie Kaufman / Jim 'Bones' Mackay Reporter: Kira K. Dixon Notable Players This Week Jordan Spieth Justin Thomas Xander Schauffele Peter Malnati Luke Clanton (a) Shane Lowry Tommy Fleetwood Adam Scott PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS: HOAG CLASSIC Held at Newport Beach Country Club in California, the PGA TOUR Champions' Hoag Classic is entering its 29th year at this venue. Five of the last six winners of the event are World Golf Hall of Famers: Padraig Harrington in 2024, Ernie Els in 2020 and 2023, Retief Goosen in 2022, and Vijay Singh in 2018. First round coverage on GOLF Channel airs Friday at 6 p.m. ET, followed by second round coverage Saturday at 5 p.m. ET, and final round coverage Sunday at 4 p.m. ET. Padraig Harrington Ernie Els Vijay Singh Retief Goosen Bernhard Langer K.J. Choi Fred Couples DP WORLD TOUR: PORSCHE SINGAPORE CLASSIC The DP World Tour's Porsche Singapore Classic – first event of the DP World Tour's Asian Swing – will be played from Laguna National Golf Resort in Singapore. The field includes 2016 PGA Champion Jimmy Walker and Robert MacIntyre, who earned a top-10 finish at THE PLAYERS last coverage begins tomorrow at 1 a.m. ET on GOLF Channel. How To Watch – Thursday, March 20 – Sunday, March 23 (all times ET) · TV – GOLF Channel · Streaming – NBC Sports app Robert MacIntyre Jimmy Walker Paul Casey Haotong Li Tom McKibbin Brandon Wu BROADCAST NOTES Golf Central will provide pre- and post-tournament coverage on GOLF Channel Wednesday-Sunday. Golf Central coverage is anchored by Anna Jackson, Matt Adams, Jim Gallagher Jr., Paige Mackenzie, and Kira Dixon. Note: all times ET, post-round coverage begins following conclusion of play All GOLF Channel coverage also streams on and the NBC Sports app via authentication, giving consumers additional value to their subscription service, and making high-quality content available to MVPD customers both in and out of the home and on multiple platforms. --NBC SPORTS--
NBC Sports
17-03-2025
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- NBC Sports
RORY MCILROY WINS THE 2025 PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP ON GOLF CHANNEL AND PEACOCK
'A perfect start to St. Patrick's day. It's only March, but it feels like Rory's year.' – Rich Lerner on Live From THE PLAYERS 'Rory McIlroy doesn't have to win with his 'A' game anymore. This was his 'B' game.' – Paul McGinley on Live From 'Nightmare on 17. The first ball in the water on this course all week for J.J. Spaun.' – Terry Gannon 'He probably slept on it a little different than Rory who had won 27 times.' – Kevin Kisner on J.J. Spaun 'This is going to be one of the hardest shots that any player has played all week long... they're going to have to take a lot more club and flight it down. The risk is flying it over the green.' - Brad Faxon prior to the 17th hole STAMFORD, Conn. – March 17, 2025 – Rory McIlroy won the 2025 PLAYERS Championship on GOLF Channel and Peacock on Monday morning, defeating J.J. Spaun in a three-hole aggregate playoff on holes 16, 17, and 18 at The Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., to earn the second PLAYERS Championship of his career. Golf Central Live From THE PLAYERS followed with post-round coverage on GOLF Channel. Dan Hicks and Terry Gannon handled play-by-play duties, while Kevin Kisner and Brad Faxon served as analysts. Jim 'Bones' Mackay followed Spaun while Smylie Kaufman followed McIlroy. Cara Banks handled the winner's interview with McIlroy. Rich Lerner, Brandel Chamblee, Paul McGinley, Johnson Wagner, and Todd Lewis, anchored Live From THE PLAYERS post-round coverage on GOLF Channel. Following are notes and quotes from this morning's playoff. ON RORY MCILROY (CHAMPION) Hicks: 'Rory McIlroy is setting the stage for what could be a monster 2025 season.' Lerner on Live From: 'A perfect start to St. Patrick's day. It's only March, but it feels like Rory's year.' McGinley on Live From: 'The fact that Rory had the honor I think that was significant. I've hit shots behind Rory McIlroy and trying to follow him is not easy. I think that was an McIlroy doesn't have to win with his 'A' game anymore. This was his 'B' game.' Faxon: 'You look at the greatest players in the world, like Jack and Tiger, as they got older, they said they were better and smarter players. When Rory was younger, he won it by driving the ball so much better than everyone else. He had a poor driving day in round one, he had a poor putting round on Saturday – Rory can now do it in many different ways.' Kisner: 'I love what Rory talked about with those iron shots. Even when I played with Rory, I always thought he struggled to take a lot of yardage off of his irons, and those two he hit on the 17th and 18th were absolute seeds, taking 20 and 30 yards off of iron shots and flighting them down. He had major control and was playing golf the way it should be played in that amount of wind.' Faxon on McIlroy's tee shot and bogey on 17th hole: 'That was an outstanding shot. Exactly what he had to do. All week long on the range, Rory was practicing those three-quarter did what he needed to do. He hit first and he had to put it on the green, so mission accomplished.' ON J.J. SPAUN (RUNNER-UP) Hicks: 'Even though this is a bitterly disappointing playoff for J.J. Spaun, what he can get out of this week is immeasurable, when he hadn't even had a top-20 in a big event – a major or a PLAYERS.' Kisner: 'I think J.J. would have benefitted the most by playing this playoff last night. In that situation, you want to keep going when you have the momentum and the adrenaline on your side. He probably slept on it a little differently than Rory who had won 27 times.' Spaun to Kaufman following the playoff on his tee shot on the 17th hole: 'I was committed to the club and committed to the shot shape that I was trying to hit. We were getting numbers on the range with Trackman and literally the same wind direction it was flying 128 yards. It was the perfect club and I guess I just hit it too good and it went right through the wind. I almost was telling it in my head to get up because it looked like it was floating...I hit a great shot and did what I needed to do, it just didn't work out.' Faxon on Spaun hitting into the water on the 17th hole: 'He's expecting the wind to pull that ball back so much.' Kisner: 'That was a beautiful flight on that ball. I think he thought he flagged it.' Gannon: 'The first ball in the water on this course all week for J.J. Spaun.' Faxon: 'It never looked like J.J. Spaun was comfortable at any moment (on the 17th tee). Rory brought that 9-iron out...' Gannon: 'Do you think that confused him?' Faxon: 'Without a doubt. You saw him looking in his bag, they had 8-iron and 9-iron out. Spaun doesn't hit his 9-iron as far as Rory and he flushed it over the back of the green.' Mackay: 'One word we haven't talked too much about is adrenaline. I think on the 17th at this amazing, iconic golf course, this is one of those holes that you get to like one or two others around the world that you hit a half club further because its No. 17 at THE PLAYERS.' Gannon: 'Nightmare on 17.' ON CONDITIONS AT TPC SAWGRASS FOR MONDAY MORNING'S PLAYOFF Kaufman: 'This is easily the hardest this wind has blown the entire week.' Faxon: 'These players were trying to find an angle on the range to simulate the distance and the wind they would have on 17. This is going to be one of the hardest shots that any player here at the PLAYERS Championship has played all week long... they're going to have to take a lot more club and flight it down. The risk is flying it over the green.' --NBC SPORTS--
NBC Sports
17-03-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
*PROGRAMMING ALERT* - RORY MCILROY FACES J.J. SPAUN IN 2025 PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP PLAYOFF MONDAY AT 9 A.M. ET ON GOLF CHANNEL AND PEACOCK
Three-Hole Aggregate Playoff Between McIlroy and Spaun Begins Tomorrow Morning at 9 a.m. ET Live on GOLF Channel and Peacock Live From THE PLAYERS Provides Coverage and Reaction Tomorrow Morning Immediately Following Conclusion of Playoff STAMFORD, Conn. – March 16, 2025 – Rory McIlroy will face J.J. Spaun in a playoff to decide the 2025 PLAYERS Champion Monday morning at 9 a.m. ET live on GOLF Channel and Peacock. THE PLAYERS Championship will be decided in a three hole-aggregate playoff (Nos. 16, 17, and 18) between McIlroy and Spaun, who are tied at 12-under. Live From THE PLAYERS will provide coverage on GOLF Channel immediately following the conclusion of tomorrow morning's playoff. 5 Clubs on GOLF Channel with Gary Williams will preview the playoff live at 8 a.m. ET. --NBC SPORTS--
