Rory McIlroy knows a team is stronger when it plays to its strengths and it worked out of him on and off the course in the space of 24 hours.

Rory McIlroy suggested the rules might need to be changed but the current status quo allows LIV Golf’s Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton to qualify for the 2025 Ryder Cup in New York after all.

The world of golf has paid tribute to Sandy Jones, a golfing ‘visionary’, key architect in the evolution of The PGA, the Ryder Cup and growth of the game worldwide, who has passed away following a short illness.