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NBC Sports
15-07-2025
- Business
- NBC Sports
Report: Trump National Doral expected to return to PGA Tour schedule next year
Is Trump National Doral returning to the PGA Tour schedule? According to a Sports Business Journal report, which cited 'five industry sources,' yes. Trump National Doral, which is owned by the Trump Organization, is expected to host its first PGA Tour event in nine years, occupying next year's April 30-May 3 date between the Zurich Classic and Truist Championship. The addition means the CJ Cup Byron Nelson will move back on the calendar and precede the Charles Schwab Challenge, also in the Dallas area. The PGA Tour, which typically releases the following season's schedule in August, already declined comment to SBJ. Located about a half hour west of downtown Miami, Trump National Doral hosted the PGA Tour's Doral Open from 1962 to 2006 before the tournament became a World Golf Championships event from 2007 to 2016. The tournament was moved to Mexico City in 2017. During its absence from the PGA Tour schedule, Trump National Doral hosted a LIV Golf event in each of the league's first four seasons, including this year the week before the Masters. It is not, however, on LIV's 2026 schedule. Other schedules notes from the SBJ report, which ends with a full projected schedule, included the exclusion of the Mexico Open from the next year's schedule, as well as the swapping of spots between the WM Phoenix Open and AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, the latter of which will now be played the week before the Genesis Invitational.
USA Today
14-07-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Shane Lowry returns to Royal Portrush where a large mural honors his 2019 British Open win
PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland – Shane Lowry is glad he doesn't have to drive by his mural this week, which is located on the side of a house about a par 5 away from Royal Portrush and was unveiled a year ago ahead of the 153rd British Open. And, yes, he has received plenty of pictures of the mural depicting him hoisting the Claret Jug after winning the 2019 British Open at Royal Portrush. No need to send them to him anymore. 'Everyone that comes up here sends me pictures standing beside it. Some of them I can't say what they were doing in it,' he said on Monday during a press conference. 'But it is very special. I've done something special in my life.' Lowry didn't know what to make of the mural at first. He doesn't look at himself as someone worthy of being celebrated as a national hero. He's just Shane. 'I'm just myself. I just happen to be OK at golf and lucky enough that I got to achieve some pretty cool things. Honestly, that's how I feel about it,' he said. Lowry also knows that six years have come and gone ad he hasn't added to his major title. He only has one PGA Tour victory since – a team title with Rory McIlroy at the 2024 Zurich Classic of New Orleans. Having won at Portrush in a rout by six strokes was the culmination of a lifetime dream and he celebrated into the wee hours of the morning. Video of him singing at the Harbour Bar and elsewhere went viral. 'I've always been a firm believer that when you win, you need to try and celebrate those victories. So I did that that night,' he said. But what he achieved here in 2019 is in the past. He's enjoyed being home in Ireland for the past three weeks for the first time since Christmas and set up shop last week in Waterville to practice. He ticked off rounds he played at Portmarnock, The Island, Baltray, Waterville, Hogs Head and Adare Manor. 'So I've played some of the best courses we have in the country,' he said. The only problem? He said he's been playing too well. When he won in 2019, he was down in the dumps and feeling rotten about his chances until he went for a drink with his coach, Neil Manchip, who set him straight. So, Lowry has a pretty good idea what he needs to do to prepare properly. ' I just need to play shit for the next couple of days, and I'll be all right,' he cracked. 'No matter what I done then, it doesn't give me any God-given right to do anything special this week. I just need to get my head down on Thursday morning and get after it and see what happens.'
Newsweek
30-06-2025
- Sport
- Newsweek
Jake Knapp Suffers Painful Finish at PGA Tour's Rocket Classic
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Jake Knapp once again experienced the ups and downs that have characterized his PGA Tour season at the Rocket Classic. Despite firing a second-round 61, a new course record at Detroit Golf Club, he couldn't quite seal the deal, ending with a painful finish. A birdie on the 18th hole would have given him a chance to enter the playoff to decide the event's title. Knapp played aggressively, hitting the fairway with his 328-yard tee shot and reaching the green with an excellent second shot. The ball settled for a 14-foot-9 birdie putt. But the golf gods denied him, as his shot broke slightly to the right, landing just 12 inches from the edge of the cup. That miss cemented his final result at the Rocket Classic: tied for fourth at 21-under. It's fair to say Knapp left several putts on the course that could have led to an even better finish. He missed two other attempts inside 15 feet, including a 13-foot eagle putt on the 17th and a 14-foot birdie try on the 13th. His overall performance for the round included six birdies and four bogeys (4-under). Jake Knapp of the United States reacts after a putt on the 17th green during the final round of the Rocket Classic 2025 at Detroit Golf Club on June 29, 2025 in Detroit, Michigan. Jake Knapp of the United States reacts after a putt on the 17th green during the final round of the Rocket Classic 2025 at Detroit Golf Club on June 29, 2025 in Detroit, Wasn't All Bad for Jake Knapp in Detroit Despite the disappointing ending, it was a solid weekend for the 31-year-old. It marked his third top-10 finish of the season (T6 at the Cognizant Classic and T3 at the Zurich Classic), allowing him to climb six spots in the FedEx Cup rankings (from 60th to 54th). He also moved up seven places in the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR), from 97th to 85th. Knapp has had numerous ups and downs throughout the season. This has led him, on one hand, to post a sub-60 round (a first-round 59 at the Cognizant Classic), and on the other, to notch only three top-10 finishes in 18 tournaments played (13 cuts made). He has carded 27 rounds with scores in the 60s or better; however, Kanpp hasn't been able to string them together in a way that would have translated into a stronger overall result this season. Aldrich Potgieter ultimately won the Rocket Classic, defeating Max Greyserman and Chris Kirk in a five-hole playoff. Kirk was eliminated on the second hole, while Potgieter took the title with a birdie on the fifth, something Greyserman couldn't match. More Golf: Padraig Harrington Shows Stones for U.S. Senior Open Title
Daily Record
14-06-2025
- Sport
- Daily Record
Thomas Detry fears US Open 'bloodbath' if punishing Pennsylvania weather adds another dimension
The Belgian star admits wind could make it even more testing at Oakmont as golf's elite already battle the unforgiving course Title-chasing Thomas Detry reckons it could be a bloodbath at Oakmont if the wind gets up to join the rain in Pennsylvania. The smooth Belgian is still in with a shot of US Open glory despite a wobble on the Friday back-nine which saw him drop from a share of the lead to five behind leader Sam Burns. Detry, who has been the playing partner of Scotland's Bob MacIntyre at the Zurich Classic in the past two stagings, is enjoying the challenge of the set-up and said after round one: 'It just puts so much pressure on every single part of your game constantly, whether it's off the tee, whether it's putting green, whether it's around the greens or it's the iron shots into the green. 'Luckily, the wind wasn't too much up, but it could be a bloodbath out here if it suddenly starts to blow.' Detry maintained is stance on Oakmont at the of round two and said: 'I just need to be so disciplined on every single shot, and I've felt like I have been, but maybe just that one bit where I was just trying to be a little bit more aggressive on the putt and then leave yourself another three or four-footer. 'They're tough to read out here. It's getting dark and there's footsteps everywhere. Discipline, number one key out here. 'The best part of my game has been driving. I really have been hitting loads of fairways which is, I think, a key out here. 'If you're out of the fairway, you're pretty much useless, so I think that's the key. 'If I can avoid making a double bogey on those next two days, I will have achieved what I wanted to achieve. 'So that's sort of the goal. And keep playing well. I'm driving it well, feel like I'm hitting my fade again nicely, so I'm sort of visualising fairways quite well and it's really helpful.' Victor Perez is enjoying himself with a hole-in-one to help tame the beast. The ace was a special moment for the Frenchman, but he admits it's tough to keep on top of the Oakmont concerns and he said: 'Back in the Bahamas where I live. I guess I'm on a hole-in-one run at the moment. It might dry up for the next so years now, who know, so, yeah, really happy. 'It's definitely not easy by any means. I think the rough is going to get patted down hopefully. 'I think some of the wide misses are probably going to be able to maybe get away with it, so might be hitting more drivers, but at the same time you can still get penalised. The bunkers around the fairways are just as penalising, sometimes you're just trying to advance.'
USA Today
12-06-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Rory McIlroy has unfinished business at U.S. Open, but can he overcome his Masters hangover?
Rory McIlroy has unfinished business at U.S. Open, but can he overcome his Masters hangover? Show Caption Hide Caption Rory McIlroy on motivation after Masters win Rory McIlroy admits he didn't expect how hard it would be to find motivation after his Masters triumph. USGA Rory McIlroy's performance has been inconsistent since his Masters win. Commentators and analysts have expressed concern about McIlroy's lack of motivation and focus. McIlroy admitted to struggling with motivation after achieving a major goal. OAKMONT, Pa. — On his way to winning six major titles, Nick Faldo learned first-hand the razor-thin line between the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat. The three-time Masters champion served as lead analyst for Sky TV's coverage of the Masters in Europe and in his pithy style mused during the back nine on Sunday that one great shot would win it and one poor shot would lose it for McIlroy. Faldo wasn't wrong except for one miscalculation. 'He had about six of each,' he said. 'Rory really put us through the ringer.' Indeed. And then Faldo turned philosophical about McIlroy's dramatic sudden-death victory over Justin Rose in April to claim the Green Jacket, his first fifth major and first in nearly 11 years, and the sixth golfer to complete the career Grand Slam. 'That winning putt goes in and he's become an absolute legend and walking in fields of gold – to steal an old Sting line,' Faldo said. 'But if Rose had holed and Rory hits a perfect putt and it lips out his life would've been ruined. Isn't it ridiculous?' Almost as silly as the knee-jerk reaction that with the pressure lifted, McIlroy would suddenly run the table at majors. Instead, McIlroy has teed it up four timed since slipping on the Green Jacket and finished T-12 at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, a team event with partner Shane Lowry, T-7 at the Truist Championship, a pedestrian T-47 at the PGA Championship and missed the cut last week at the RBC Canadian Open, which included a second-round 78. Golf Channel Brandel Chamblee judged McIlroy's most recent performance as perhaps 'the worst performance we've ever seen out of Rory.' Faldo, for one, is none too surprised McIlroy has fallen flat since reaching the summit of his personal Mount Everest. 'You climb Everest you don't exactly turn around and go back again,' Faldo said. 'You can't flip a switch at majors unless you're Tiger. When you give that much emotion, I don't think you just go I'll gear up and off I go.' That's been typical of McIlroy throughout his career after a big win, he said, and he's giving himself some grace. 'I always struggle to show up with motivation the next week because you've just accomplished something and you want to enjoy it and you want to sort of relish the fact that you've achieved a goal,' he explained. 'I think chasing a certain goal for the better part of a decade and a half, I think I'm allowed a little bit of time to relax a little bit. But here at Oakmont, I certainly can't relax this week.' McIlroy noted he had dreamed about the final putt going in at the Masters. But he never dreamed about what comes next. So far, he has been too busy celebrating to plot new goals to chase beyond his pursuit this week of the U.S. Open, next month's British Open at Royal Portrush in his native Northern Ireland and winning an away Ryder Cup in New York in September. Asked about his five-year plan, McIlroy puffed air and answered, 'I don't have one. I have no idea. I'm sort of just taking it tournament by tournament at this point. Yeah, I have no idea.' After skipping speaking to the media after all four rounds at the PGA Championship, McIlroy remained salty when asked about what TaylorMade driver he planned to use at Oakmont. 'Come out and watch me hit balls, and you'll see.' Discussing McIlroy's uneven performance since the Masters on Golf Channel's 'Live From,' Chamblee and fellow commentator Paul McGinley both expressed concern about McIlroy heading into a demanding test such as Oakmont. 'It was very worrying looking at his press conference. His eyes weren't alive. The energy was not there. He didn't have the pointy elbows,' McGinley said. 'It looks like something has gone out of him since the Grand Slam, like the air has gone out of him, not just in how he's played but in his press conferences. There will be a reset at some stage but it doesn't look like it's coming this week. This is not normal Rory.' 'I think the technical and the mental are intertwined. It is the lack of motivation, the lack of pressure, the lack of a focus on a clearly defined goal that leads to technical issues. Until he finds purpose again, he's never going to be what he was at the Masters,' Chamblee contended. 'He wouldn't say the things he's said (in press conferences) in a team atmosphere. The coach wouldn't let him play. If he said what he said, the coach would put him on the bench, (saying,) 'You can't let this team down. You can't let this city down. You can't let the people investing in this team down.' ' McIlroy has been the nearly man of late at the U.S. Open, finishing runner-up the last two years, including squandering a two-shot lead with four holes to go last year, and hasn't been outside the top 10 in his last six starts at the U.S. Open. How will he overcome his Masters hangover? 'I think it's trying to have a little bit of amnesia and forget about what happened six weeks ago,' he said. 'Then just trying to find the motivation to go back out there and work as hard as I've been working.'
