When Rory McIlroy won the US Masters a month ago, most of those who follow golf were caught up in the excitement as the Northern Irishman and world No.2 completed a career grand slam of major titles.Not Golf Australia CEO James Sutherland.

Scottie Scheffler will go head-to-head with Rory McIlroy at the PGA Championship this weekend and has hailed the Northern Irish star on the eve of the showdown.

Masters champion Rory McIlroy is heading Down Under for the first time in more than a decade to play the Australian Open on Melbourne’s famed sandbelt courses for the next two years.

The PGA Championship at Quail Hollow could offer McIlroy another shot at glory after he finally completed golf’s career Grand Slam at last month’s Masters.

The McIlroy household is looking at a major life change in the near future, which eradicates any notion that the marriage is not healthy.

Down goes _____! Rory McIlroy has filled that blank often. The round-shouldered Irishman, now 36, has endured all manner of fourth-round trauma, including four seconds in majors. More than once we’ve wondered: Can he get off the mat again?

For Rory McIlroy, his has usually been to make a trip to Charlotte and turn down Gleneagles Road to Quail Hollow Golf Club.  It was here in 2010 that McIlroy underlined his arrival on the PGA Tour, winning his first title to a delightful Jim Nantz flourish from the commentary booth.

The attention immediately falls to Dallas’ Jordan Spieth after Rory McIlroy finally claimed a green jacket last month.