Rory McIlroy hailed LIV Golf’s Tyrrell Hatton as “a massive asset” to Europe’s Ryder Cup team and urged him to never change his fiery temper after the English star’s one-shot win in the Hero Dubai Desert Classic sent him to the top of the qualifying charts.

Rory McIlroy and Tom McKibbin mounted final-round challenges but couldn't stop LIV Golf's Tyrrell Hatton from claiming his fifth Rolex Series win with a one-shot victory in the Hero Dubai Desert Classic.

Rory McIlroy struggled with a cold putter but believes he can still win a record fifth Hero Dubai Desert Classic and his third in a row.

Rory McIlroy was pleased not play his way out of the Hero Dubai Desert Classic after chiselling out a 70 that left him tied with LIV target Tom McKibbin and veteran Padraig Harrington.

Rory McIlroy has urged Tom McKibbin to “make a different choice” and turn down the chance to go to LIV Golf for what's believed to be in the region of $8 million.

Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy are desperately hoping the new TGL indoor league can fill a gap in the market and rival LIV Golf when it launches in Florida on January 7.

Rory McIlroy has won the AGW Golf Writers Trophy for an unprecedented fifth time.

Shane Lowry is backing Rory McIlroy to come out firing in 2025 after watching the Holywood star wrap up his sixth Race to Dubai and put a year of close calls behind him with victory in the DP World Tour Championship.

Rory McIlroy took a giant step towards claiming his sixth Race to Dubai before insisting he'd pay to play in the Ryder Cup.

Rory McIlroy admitted he'd pay to play in the Ryder Cup after he took a giant step towards his sixth Race to Dubai by firing a five under 67 to grab a share of the lead in the DP World Tour Championship.

Paul Waring held off a stellar chasing pack to clinch a career-changing victory in the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship as Shane Lowry and Rory McIlroy were left to wonder what might have been.

It wasn’t perfect but Rory McIlroy gave his new takeaway the thumbs up after he made six birdies in a five-under 67 to lurk just five shots behind leader Tommy Fleetwood in the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.

Rory McIlroy stormed to the turn in seven under, only to hit a brick wall on the back nine and fade from contention in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at St Andrews.

Rory McIlroy confessed it would be “amazing” to claim his second Amgen Irish Open title and ease the pain of a year of near misses after he overcame winds gusting to 50 kmph and shot a joint best of the day 69 to take a one-shot lead into the final round at Royal County Down.

Nothing soothes the pain of bitter defeat like the salve of victory but Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry know they will have to display the patience of Job if they are to win their second Amgen Irish Open titles this week.

Tom McKibbin admits playing Royal County Down for the first time was a “traumatising” experience. But as he makes his third Amgen Irish Open appearance in a stellar threesome with Rory McIlroy and defending champion Vincent Norrman, he’s looking forward to trying to achieve what “would probably be the biggest achievement of my career.”