Rory McIlroy all but earned his tour card by finishing third in the Alfred Dunhill Links in his second start just three weeks after turning pro. Now it's Paul Dunne's chance to grab a golden opportunity with both hands but while he knows he has the game to contend at St Andrews having grabbed all the headlines in The Open, he also knows there's only one Rory.

Rory McIlroy might have added Ryder Cup stars Martin Kaymer, Luke Donald and Patrick Reed to a stellar field but the world No 1 is believed to be chasing an even bigger name for next month’s Dubai Duty Free Irish Open — Phil Mickelson.
 

Perhaps Rory McIlroy was hoping to take Martin Kaymer's eye off the ball when he said he was playing for second in the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship. Whatever his feelings about his chances of overcoming an eight-shot deficit with resepct to the German, who was going for his fourth win in the event, his fourth runner up finish in Abu Dhabi in five years, not to mention his impressive form from tee to green, confirmed that he's going to be the man to beat once more in 2015.

Rory McIlroy had 34 putts to kiss the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship goodbye and vented his frustration by declaring: "I feel like punching myself."

Even when he's not putting his best, Rory McIlroy finds a way. On Friday in the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship he drove the ball brilliantly after an average first round and then made up for some less than deadly putting by notching the first official hole-in-one of his professional career.

Darren Clarke is 12 strokes behind Australia’s Marcus Fraser heading into the final round of the Asian Tour's US$1 million Thailand Golf Championship.

US Open champion Martin Kaymer claimed the PGA Grand Slam of Golf in a playoff over Masters champion Bubba Watson as World No 1 Rory McIlroy finished eight behind them in third after an error strewn 75 in wind-blown Bermuda.

Martin Kaymer opened with a six under 65 at Port Royal in Bermuda to lead the PGA Grand Slam of Golf by two shots from Bubba Watson (67) with Rory McIlroy four adrift after a 69.

They played the back nine in a combined 11 over par to see their title hopes all but evaporate. Yet Graeme McDowell, Michael Hoey and Damien McGrane still have a lot to play for in the final round of the Alstom Open de France.

Martin Kaymer gave Rory McIlroy a glimpse of what his future could be when he completed a remarkable, wire-to-wire, eight-shot US Open win at Pinehurst No 2.

Catching Martin Kaymer is not the goal for Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell. Simply staying around par and seeing how that stacks up on the leaderboard come Sunday night is the only feasible goal right now

Rory McIlroy made six birdies more than newly-crowned Players Championship winner Martin Kaymer and even made history by becoming the first player to birdie the 18th at TPC Sawgrass four days running.