Rory McIlroy wins The Players Championship and Masters expectations rise
Rory McIlroy winning The Players Championship gave him so much of what he doesn't need.

Rory McIlroy winning The Players Championship gave him so much of what he doesn't need.

The playoff was only three holes. Rory McIlroy needed only three swings.

Tiger Woods had a less invasive surgery for a ruptured Achilles tendon on Tuesday, which will keep him out of the Masters and leaves in question whether he can play in any other major championship the rest of the year.

One week the PGA Tour winner was Ludvig Aberg, a Swede so supremely talented that he played in a Ryder Cup before his first major, entered the top 10 in the world ranking just nine months after he left college and has been there ever since.

Rory McIlroy believes reunifying with players who defected to Saudi-funded LIV Golf is what's best for the PGA Tour membership and “everyone's just got to get over it” and move forward.

The road to Oakmont might have started in Riyadh, yet another reminder of the fractured landscape in golf.

Tiger Woods abruptly withdrew from the Genesis Invitational at Torrey Pines on Monday, saying he was still processing the death of his mother.

The angst over pace of play in golf has been around for ages.

Lucas Glover held down the 50th spot in the final world ranking of the year, making him one of nine players who will be added to the invitation list to play in the Masters.

Americans will be paid to play in the Ryder Cup for the first time under a new PGA of America program announced Monday that gives them a $200,000 stipend and $300,000 for them to distribute to charity.
