Shane Lowry got the nod from Phil Mickelson this week and beamed: Now I know I belong.

Padraig Harrington will play in pain in the US PGA as he fears that time is running out in his bid to add to his major haul.
 

Rory McIlroy could have taken a longer, safer route to the 18th green at Whistling Straits. Instead he bounded down a steep hill like a mountain goat who’d just spotted a particularly juicy clump of grass.

Rory McIlroy's damaged left ankle continues to be a source of speculation and 21 hours after posting video of a rehab session, the world No 1 has treated us to two pictures of his ankle, neither of which is current. A few hours later he posted a video of himself hitting a driver in what would indicate that he's ready to defend the PGA at Whistling Straits next week.

His PR spokesperson might have shot down an agency story suggesting he's planning a practice round at Whistling Straits on Saturday but there is positive talk in Irish golf circles that Rory McIlroy will come back from his ankle injury for his PGA Championship defence next week after all.

It appears that Rory McIlroy will not be making a miraculous comeback in the US PGA next week after all.

Reports that Rory McIlroy could be contemplating a US PGA practice round at Whistling Straits on Saturday — 35 days after suffering what he said was a "total rupture of left ATFL (ankle ligament) and associated joint capsule damage in a soccer kickabout with friends" — suggests he has made a very rapid recovery.

Rory McIlroy headed to Chambers Bay via Whistling Straits last night insisting he can repeat his heroics of last summer.