Wednesday 18 May 2022
The trio will start Thursday’s opening round from the 10th tee at 8:10 a.m.
McIlroy did his research via videos posted online before travelling to Oklahoma on Monday.
Playing in his first tournament since the Masters, McIlroy finished in a tie for fifth.
Ulsterman is six shots off the lead after the third round at TPC Potomac.
Spaniard Sergio Garcia, meanwhile, was vindicated in complaining about a Thursday lost ball penalty.
The Holywood man finished the opening round with a three-under-par 67, and is two shots off the lead at the Wells Fargo Championship.
‘The ball was on a string that week and you wish you could bottle that every single week that you play.’
Shane Lowry defiant despite sense of regret at missing out on Masters glory.
Champion Scottie Scheffler revealed pressure meant he ‘cried like a baby’ ahead of his final round.
Scottie Scheffler finished three shots clear at the 86th Masters
Shane Lowry is tied for fourth place heading into the final round of The Masters.
It’s not the Masters prep the Holywood man would have wanted.
The Valero Texas Open is this week’s PGA Tour event.
Woods has not competed in a top-level event since a car accident last year.
Meanwhile, Séamus Power and Rory McIlroy both finished on three-under for the tournament.
Rain has delayed events in the Players Championship.
McIlroy held a two-shot lead following an opening 65 in last week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational, but carded back-to-back rounds of 76 over the weekend.
McIlroy, who was leading after the first round, finished the Arnold Palmer Invitational in a tie for 13th place.
He had three birdies and three bogeys at wind-whipped Bay Hill in Orlando, Florida.
The Norwegian shot 66 in today’s second round at Bay Hill.
The Arnold Palmer Invitational is this week’s PGA Tour event.
Dustin Johnson and Bryson DeChambeau have committed their futures to the PGA Tour.
Collin Morikawa and US rookie Cameron Young finished in joint-second at the Genesis Invitational.
Ulsterman is tied for 18th place in California.
Séamus Power and Rory McIlroy are also in action at the Riviera Country Club.
Talk about the breakway league has ramped up as Phil Mickleson has blasted the ‘greed’ of the PGA Tour.
Pádraig Harrington is in a tie for 11th heading into the final day, while Shane Lowry is four shots further back.
The four-time major winner is four shots behind leader Justin Harding while Padraig Harrington is in a tie for 17th position.
Shane Lowry, Rory McIlroy and Jonathan Caldwell all shot a one-under-par 71 at Emirates Golf Club.
The four-time major winner lived in Dubai for four years and has a superb overall record at Emirates Golf Club.
Belgium’s Thomas Pieters was the winner on 10-under.
‘I’ve never been so glad to get off a golf course,’ said Rory McIlroy, who just makes the halfway cut in Abu Dhabi.
Rory McIlroy has work to do after the opening day at Yas Links.
Meanwhile, Rory McIlroy finished the tournament in 18th place.
McIlroy is 18th after three rounds of the tournament in the Bahamas.
Second-ranked Collin Morikawa, 13th-ranked Tony Finau and world number 16 Brooks Koepka shared second.
McIlroy sits top of the leaderboard alongside American Daniel Berger and Mexico’s Abraham Ancer.
Morikawa birdied five of his last seven holes to seal an impressive win in Dubai.
Shane Lowry is in a tie for fifth – three shots behind McIlroy.
McIlroy fell behind with a double bogey on the final hole.
