Concerns for Rory McIlroy’s fitness were heightened overnight after it emerged the Grand Slam winner is leaving his arrival to TPC Sawgrass for THE PLAYERS Championship to the last minute as he and his team assess his back injury.

Shane Lowry was left with a bitter, bitter taste after letting a seemingly certain victory slip from his grasp at the PGA Tour’s Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches where the renowned ‘Bear Trap’ lived up to its billing.

Rory McIlroy was left to rue a cold putter at Riviera where the Northern Ireland star finished joint runner-up to Jacob Bridgeman at the Tiger Woods hosted Genesis Invitational.

The Ryder Cup Opening Ceremony is usually the end of the anticipation, with the announcement of the pairings for the opening session at its conclusion signalling the finish of the build-up. This year, with the showpiece brought forward 24 hours due to weather concerns, that crescendo was missing but the pomp, the spectacle and noise was all there.

Tommy Fleetwood ended his long wait for a first PGA TOUR title with an emotional victory at the TOUR Championship to claim the FedEx Cup. The Englishman, who was making his 164th start on the American-based circuit, put the memories of a host of near-misses behind him in style at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, Georgia.