At home, Rory McIlroy does not live like a global icon. There are no walls lined with framed major victories, no personal highlight reel greeting him at the door.

McIlroy weighed in on the annual topic of whether The Players Championship should be elevated even further

TaylorMade's Rors Proto blades—a set he used when winning at Pebble Beach a year ago and while securing the career Grand Slam with his Masters victory last April—are officially returning to the bag for the tournament’s defending champion.

Reigning Masters champion Rory McIlroy says he'd rather watch 'cricket for five days' than American football, but appreciates NFL marketing.

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McIlroy begins the 2026 season free from the burdens of history, but what will an offseason of reflection yield for the world No. 2?

If anyone should get a say in whether The Players should be anointed as golf’s fifth major championship, it’s a guy who’s won each of the four actual majors, plus the PGA Tour’s flagship event at TPC Sawgrass.

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The Grand Slam winner said the PGA Championship should return to August and pushed back on recent talk about the Players becoming a fifth major.

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