These are treasured times. We will miss it when it’s gone. Rory McIlroy is a once in a generational sporing icon and last evening he further etched his name in the history books by successfully defending the Masters at Augusta National.

Emotions are spent, nerves are frayed as yet another Masters rollercoaster ride ensued on the third day at Augusta, yet somehow the defending champion Rory McIlroy still has a chance of winning despite relinquishing a six stroke lead.

Defending champion Rory McIlroy seized control of the 90th Masters with a brilliant burst of scoring on the back nine to take a record six-shot lead at the halfway stage.

Rory McIlroy made an excellent start to the defence of his Masters title as he shot a five-under-par 67 to hold a share of the first-round lead alongside Sam Burns at Augusta National.

So much has changed in 12 months as Rory McIlroy gets ready for the defence of his Masters title he famously won down Magnolia Lane to cement his legacy as one of the all-time greats in the game.

Tee-times for the 2026 Masters were released earlier today, and it doesn’t take too much scrolling to find the marquee groups that will have us on the edge of our sofas for the opening round of the first Major of the year.

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 and Shane Lowry didn’t have the weeks they wanted at the Hero Dubai Desert Classic where Tom McKibbin closed out as the leading Irishman in a week when LIV raider Patrick Reed finished top of the pile at The Emirates Golf Club.

Shane Lowry and Rory McIlroy were both in the mix at the Dubai Invitational, but it was Lowry who left with the sourest taste after an untimely double bogey on the final hole cost him his chance of a first individual win since 2022.