Tour News
McIlroy opens with 63 at the Memorial
Rory McIlroy is picking up right where he left off following a final-round 66 at the European Tour’s BMW PGA Championship with a blistering 63 at the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide Insurance. He is now an impressive 15-under-par in his last 36 holes.
“I felt very comfortable out there again on the golf course,” McIlroy said. “I got off to a solid start, birdieing two of the first four holes, then picked up another couple later on in the front nine and turned in 4?under, which is a solid start without doing anything really special.”
Rory might not think or feel like he’s doing anything special, but a 9-under-par 63, which included a double-bogey 6 on the par-4 14th, is nothing to sneeze at. His 3-stroke lead is the largest held at the Memorial Tournament since 2009, when Luke Donald led by three over four others.
Despite his play, fears of injury were sparked when McIlroy seemed to tweak his knee midway through the round.
“I felt like I tweaked it on my second shot on the 7th,” McIlroy said. “I tweaked my back on Friday evening at Wentworth and played through that last weekend and I tweaked my knee here this week. But I’ll be okay. Some treatment and I should be fine for the morning.”
McIlroy, who hasn’t won on the PGA Tour since back-to-back victories at the 2012 Deutsche Bank Championship and BMW Championship in the FedExCup Playoffs, will have some history working against him this week.
Dating back to the Memorial Tournament’s inaugural year of 1976, there have only been two first-round leaders/co-leaders who have managed to convert for the win; Ernie Els in 2004 and Justin Rose in 2010. Additionally, only seven International players have been able to win at Muirfield Village in 38 years.
But neither heartbreak nor injury seem capable of subduing McIlroy’s confidence at the moment.
“I was expecting this to happen, I’ve been playing well,” McIlroy said. “I’ve been posting good numbers, good rounds, and I knew my game was close … I’ve been trending in the right direction, and it’s starting to all come together.”
If everything goes according to plan, and McIlroy is able to hold on to the first spot atop the leaderboard come Sunday afternoon, it will most likely see him head into the U.S. Open at Pinehurst as the odds-on favorite, but most of all, it will see McIlroy lay claim to Jack’s tournament — a special one indeed.
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Tour Photo Galleries
Photos from the 2024 PGA Championship
GolfWRX is on site this week at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky, for the PGA Championship.
While we see fewer equipment changes and new gear seeding at major championships, we get a look at custom gear and looks into the bags of players we rarely see, which is just as exciting. In the case of the PGA Championship, this means a look at the gear some of the PGA Professionals who qualified for the tournament will be gaming, and LIV players, such as Jon Rahm and Patrick Reed.
Check out links to all our albums from Valhalla below and check back throughout the week as we continue to update.
General Albums
WITB Albums
- Michael Block – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Patrick Reed – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Cam Smith – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Brooks Koepka – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Josh Speight – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Takumi Kanaya – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Kyle Mendoza – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Adrian Meronk – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Jordan Smith – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Jeremy Wells – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Jared Jones – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- John Somers – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Larkin Gross – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Tracy Phillips – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Jon Rahm – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Keita Nakajima – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Kazuma Kobori – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- David Puig – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Ryan Van Velzen – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Brad Marek – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Chris Gotterup – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Rich Beem WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Phil Mickelson – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Matt Dobyns – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Lucas Herbert – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Jason Dufner – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- John Daly – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Taylor Gooch – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Dean Burmester – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Joaquin Niemann – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Dustin Johnson – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
Pullout Albums
- Ping putter covers – 2024 PGA Championship
- Bettinardi covers – 2024 PGA Championship
- Cameron putter covers – 2024 PGA Championship
- Max Homa – Titleist 2 wood – 2024 PGA Championship
- Scotty Cameron experimental putter shaft by UST – 2024 PGA Championship
- Joaquin Niemann – new Ping putter – 2024 PGA Championship
- Brooks Koepka’s new Cameron putter – 2024 PGA Championship
- Rickie Fowler’s Cobra bag and Aerojet driver – 2024 PGA Championship
- Super Stroke grip – 2024 PGA Championship
- Tiger Woods – 2024 PGA Championship
- Michael Block’s new TaylorMade “Proto” 7-iron, from address – 2024 PGA Championship
- Odyssey putter covers – 2024 PGA Championship
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News
Photos from the 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
GolfWRX is live this week at the Wells Fargo Championship as a field of the world’s best golfers descend upon Charlotte, North Carolina, hoping to tame the beast that is Quail Hollow Club in this Signature Event — only Scottie Scheffler, who is home awaiting the birth of his first child, is absent.
From the grounds at Quail Hollow, we have our usual assortment of general galleries and WITBs — including a look at left-hander Akshay Bhatia’s setup. Among the pullout albums, we have a look inside Cobra’s impressive new tour truck for you to check out. Also featured is a special look at Quail Hollow king, Rory McIlroy.
Be sure to check back throughout the week as we add more galleries.
General Albums
- 2024 Wells Fargo Championship – Monday #1
- 2024 Wells Fargo Championship – Tuesday #1
- 2024 Wells Fargo Championship – Tuesday #2
WITB Albums
- Akshay Bhatia – WITB – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Matthieu Pavon – WITB – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Keegan Bradley – WITB – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Webb Simpson – WITB – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Emiliano Grillo – WITB – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Taylor Pendrith – WITB – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Kevin Tway – WITB – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
Pullout Albums
- New Cobra equipment truck – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Rory McIlroy – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- New Cobra equipment truck – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Eric Cole’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Custom Cameron putter – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Matt Kuchar’s custom Bettinardi – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Justin Thomas – driver change – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Rickie Fowler – putter change – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Rickie Fowler’s new custom Odyssey Jailbird 380 putter – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Tommy Fleetwood testing a TaylorMade Spider Tour X (with custom neck) – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Cobra Darkspeed Volition driver – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
See what GolfWRXers are saying about our Wells Fargo Championship photos in the forums.
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Tour Photo Galleries
Photos from the 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
GolfWRX is on site this week in McKinney, Texas, at the 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson (FKA the AT&T Byron Nelson).
Last year at TPC Craig Ranch, Jason Day ended a five-year winless streak. J-Day is in the field again, as are Jordan Spieth, Tom Kim, and Will Zalatoris.
We have our usual assortment of general galleries, WITBs, and pullout albums for your perusal. As always, we’ll continue to add links to additional albums as they make their way to us from the Lone Star State.
Check out links to all our photos below.
General Albums
- 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson – Monday #1
- 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson – Monday #2
- 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson – Tuesday #1
- 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson – Tuesday #2
- 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson – Tuesday #3
WITB Albums
- Pierceson Coody – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Kris Kim – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- David Nyfjall – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Adrien Dumont de Chassart – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Jarred Jetter – North Texas PGA Section Champ – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Richy Werenski – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Wesley Bryan – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Parker Coody – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Peter Kuest – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Blaine Hale, Jr. – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Kelly Kraft – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Rico Hoey – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
Pullout Albums
- Adam Scott’s 2 new custom L.A.B. Golf putters – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Scotty Cameron putters – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Ben Griffin playing Maxfli golf ball
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j.a.
May 30, 2014 at 4:50 pm
63 on 1st round and 78 on the second. Did he receive a phone call in between?
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Rich
May 30, 2014 at 5:47 am
Geez the ex must be feeling good. Rory’s so devastated by the break up that he’s back to his old self on the golf course. Won’t be long before he’s back at the top.
MHendon
May 30, 2014 at 12:32 am
It’s nice to see Rory playing good again. Now maybe all these Nike haters will shut up. Point is IT’S NOT THE EQUIPMENT PEOPLE, IT’S THE PLAYER! Rory’s a streaky player and when he’s hot he’s as good as anyone on tour and when he’s not he’s just average. For whatever reason a lot of amateurs particularly young one’s have strong brand loyalties but yet all the major OEM’s make equally good equipment. I’ll show some brand loyalty when they start paying me! Until then I’m playing what fits my eye and performs the way I want it to.
Mike
May 30, 2014 at 4:37 am
Actually the nike equipment is pretty good, I find the VR blades Rory plays a much better balanced club than the titliest MB he would have been playing..
MHendon
May 30, 2014 at 10:59 am
I’m sure they are good but so are the Titleist MB’s, and the old Mizuno MP33’s I use, and the new taylormade tour preferreds. It’s all good equipment but my point was everyone was trying to blame Rory’s bad play last year on the equipment, it’s not the equipment and now he’s back to playing like he was when Titleist was on his bag.
Mike
May 30, 2014 at 4:36 pm
I was agreeing with you. These guys would still beat the average guy with clubs from the 60s..
Hkerr
May 29, 2014 at 10:52 pm
They used Rory’s picture from last year.