The Kobe Bryant Retirement Tour made a stop in Augusta, Ga. on Thursday, thanks to Bryant’s Nike stablemate Rory McIlroy. Embracing “Mamba Day” on April 13 — the date of Kobe’s last NBA game — McIlroy …
Rory McIlroy made news last week when he revealed that he wouldn’t be playing in the annual Wednesday Par-3 Contest at this year’s Masters. The world No. 3 called the family affair a “distraction” and a …
The traditional Wednesday Par-3 Contest at the Masters will be without one of the game’s biggest stars this year. Rory McIlroy told The Guardian that he will be skipping the event for the first time since 2011 in hopes of …
Seems like Mark Wahlberg rubbing shoulders with Rory McIlroy and Bubba Watson is starting to pay off. We knew that Rory gave the movie star a Nike driver when he was in Ireland to promote his movie …
If you can’t beat him, join him. It’s doubtful that Rory McIlroy’s thinking in switching his putting grip to a left-hand-low style was a result of the putting prowess of world No. 1 Jordan Spieth, but …
When you come at the king, you best not miss. Brandel Chamblee’s finding that out the hard way. During a conference call previewing the upcoming Florida Swing, Chamblee questioned whether Rory McIlroy’s workout regiment might ultimately doom …
Fake primetime golf in the United States is back! More than a decade removed from the last iterations of Monday Night Golf on ABC or Shell’s Wonderful World of Golf on Golf Channel, the Associated Press reported on Monday, citing …
Rory McIlroy is expecting big things from himself in 2016. Coming off of a season in which the former World No. 1 missed three months with an ankle injury and was supplanted as the “next big thing” …
On December 26, many in the United States will be settling in for a weekend of college football bowl games, college basketball and NFL football. However, in many countries around the world, including, but not limited to, the United …
With less than 10 days remaining in 2015, golf.swingbyswing.com is counting down the top-10 golf stories of 2015, one per day until New Years Eve. The stories’ place on this list are a result of a criteria set forth …
Rory McIlroy visited Dublin’s Facebook headquarters on Thursday to tour the building and try out the social network’s new live streaming video offering, which hit verified pages this week. Beings that McIlroy is no stranger to Periscope, …
So much for 2015 being a lost year for Rory McIlroy. Despite an ankle injury that sidelined McIlroy through the summer and halted an attempt to defend the Open Championship, the 26-year-old Northern Irishman was able to …
What good is hitting the ball 350 yards if you can’t see it? That’s the question Rory McIlroy (probably) was asking himself before he decided to ditch his contacts and glasses, opting for laser eye surgery …
‘Tis the season to be generous and Rory McIlroy has been doing his best Bubbaclaus impression lately. The World No. 3 was in the giving mood last month when he gifted a Nike Covert driver to a …
A small piece Rory McIlroy’s net worth now resides on the left index finger of girlfriend Erica Stoll, according to a report by The Irish Independent that claims the world No. 3 popped the question to Stoll on …
Rory McIlroy’s star has been rising since he was a 9 year old hitting golf balls into a washing machine on the Kelly Show in 1999. Now it appears that his finances have followed suit as his management …
Rory McIlroy bulldozed his way to his third Race to Dubai title in four years, outshining a game Andy Sullivan on the back nine to win the DP World Championship by one shot. Trailing by one heading …
Rory McIlroy will make just shy of $50 million in 2015 — according to Forbes — so the Race to Dubai’s $1.9 million bonus isn’t a big priority for the Northern Irishman. That shouldn’t come as a surprise seeing …
Rory McIlroy is in Shanghai for this week’s World Golf Championships HSBC Champions and being the marketing maven that he is, McIlroy did a bit of cross promoting for sponsors Bose and Nike ahead of the …
Not surprisingly, Rory McIlroy owns an extremely nice home. A few of them, probably, but one he’s shown off a bit is his mansion in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. – an area also known as “Golfer’s …
