Rory McIlroy News

Stenson, the world No. 7, leads the way along with the 25th-ranked Karlsson. World No.

Forget Rodney Dangerfield. Lee Westwood gets no respect. Ditch your love for Steve Stricker.

Lorena Ochoa and Jiyai Shin will settle their duel for LPGA Tour player of the year on the final, frantic day of the season in Richmond, Texas.

GIVEN HIS endearingly mop-topped combination of jauntiness, natural charisma and respectful politeness that is a credit to his rightfully proud parents, it has never been hard to like and admire Rory McIlroy.

Dubai : Rory McIlroy has revealed a conversation with Jeev Milkha Singh swayed his decision to join the US PGA Tour next season, despite advice from Ernie Els, Lee Westwood and Darren Clarke to stay in Europe for another year.

Aptly enough for a man in a desert with a thirst to satisfy, Lee Westwood is refusing to be blinded by the glare.

My mindset is to get off to a fast start and try and keep it going." --Rory McIlroy "It was one of my best ever rounds.

SO Rory McIlroy is joining the PGA Tour after all. While he will continue to play on his home patch, McIlroy's decision to up his tournament commitments across the Atlantic to a minimum of 15 next season inevitably means less will be seen of him this side of the Pond.

TROWBRIDGE golfer Steve Surry is quietly confident he can fulfill his dream and make it onto the European Tour for the first time when he competes for a place in the final qualifying round in Spain this weekend.

Rory McIlroy finished second at the Hong Kong Open, moved to first in the Race to Dubai and jumped to 13th in this week's world rankings.

After two years of hype and talking up, the Dubai Championship has finally arrived and the event could yet provide plenty of twists and turns in the race to the top of the European Tour money list.

Tiger-mania aside, it's time the Australian Masters dumped the European Tour and jumped on the fast-rising OneAsia Tour, says longtime golf tournament promoter Tony Roosenberg.

FOR the first time in a while, Padraig Harrington doesn't mind not being the centre of pre-tournament attention.

Rory McIlroy made a good start in the Hong Kong Open by firing a four-under-par 66 on Thursday.

EUROPEAN TOUR - DUBAI WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, Jumeirah Golf Estates , Dubai, United Arab Emirates - After almost a full year of battling, the Race to Dubai ends this week and there will be a winner.Mathematically, four players have a chance at the money title.

RORY McILROY will warm up for his assault on the US Tour at the private club of Jack Nicklaus - after meeting the Golden Bear in a car park.

Photograph: Stuart Franklin/Getty Images Rory McIlroy has a lead of more than A 110,000 over Lee Westwood in the Order of Merit with one week remaining on the European Tour.

HONG KONG: China's Liang Wen-chong was in a four-way tie on nine-under par after the second round of the Hong Kong Open on Friday.

COLIN MONTGOMERIE has given Rory McIlroy's decision to go Stateside his blessing - and insisted he'll be in his Ryder Cup team whether he qualifies or not.

Gregory Bourdy fired a seven-under 63 Saturday to move two strokes clear of the field after three rounds of the Hong Kong Open.