Rory McIlroy is chasing extra PGA Tour and DP World Tour success in 2025, with an finish to his main drought and Ryder Cup success additionally targets over the yr forward.
McIlroy kicked off his yr on the DP World Tour, ending tied fourth on the Hero Dubai Desert Traditional as he returned to the UAE two months after profitable the season-ending DP World Tour Championship.
The Northern Irishman started his PGA Tour season with victory on the Pebble Seashore Professional-Am, beating good buddy and Ryder Cup team-mate Shane Lowry by two strokes in California.
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Highlights from the ultimate spherical of the AT&T Pebble Seashore Professional-Am, the place McIlroy impressed to assert a two-shot victory in his first PGA Tour look of the yr
He added a second win of the season the next month at The Gamers, the place he outlasted JJ Spaun in play-off – through a Monday end – to win the PGA Tour’s flagship occasion for the primary time since 2019.
The world No 2 later confirmed he’ll play the Texas Kids’s Houston Open from March 27 in his last begin earlier than heading to Augusta Nationwide.
McIlroy’s principal objectives in 2025 will probably be to safe a primary main because the 2014 PGA Championship and assist Workforce Europe win the Ryder Cup away from house at Bethpage Black in September, whereas his begin to the marketing campaign will increase his hopes of finishing the profession Grand Slam at The Masters.
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McIlroy got here near profitable the Dubai Invitational, the US Open, the Irish Open and the BMW PGA Championship, however he finally fell simply brief in all 4 tournaments
How a lot will McIlroy play in 2025?
McIlroy performed 27 occasions final yr, his highest variety of tournaments since 2010, though plans to considerably cut back his schedule after hitting “a wall” throughout a packed end to his PGA Tour season.
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McIlroy mentioned profitable the Seve Ballesteros Award was ‘a very nice praise’ and shared the enhancements he aimed to make in 2025
“l will probably play, including the Ryder Cup, something like 22,” McIlroy mentioned forward of his tied-fourth end on the Hero Dubai Desert Traditional. “I’d say my DP World Tour schedule will be pretty similar to what it was last year.
“Clearly we do not have the additional occasion right here in Dubai this yr, however I might think about that my schedule after the summer time will look very a lot the identical. If something, I will play an analogous schedule right here [DP World Tour] and simply shave off some occasions over within the States.”
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Wayne Riley appears to be like forward to The Masters and whether or not McIlroy may full a profession Grand Slam, following his win at The Gamers
McIlroy commits to New Orleans title defence
McIlroy and Lowry have confirmed they’ll return to defend their title on the PGA Tour’s Zurich Traditional of New Orleans this April, stay on Sky Sports activities.
He made his debut within the occasion alongside Lowry in final yr’s contest, following a “drunken lunch” between the pair after Europe’s 2023 Ryder Cup success, with the duo impressing to assert a play-off victory over Chad Ramey and Martin Coach.
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McIlroy and Shane Lowry celebrated their Zurich Traditional of New Orleans victory in type with a formidable rendition of ‘Do not Cease Believin!’
The win marked McIlroy’s twenty fifth PGA Tour victory and Lowry’s first win since his 2022 BMW PGA Championship on the DP World Tour, with the pair now returning for this yr’s occasion at TPC Louisiana from April 24-27.
McIlroy confirmed for Irish Open return
McIlroy will return to the location of his first skilled victory on Irish soil when he tees it up within the Amgen Irish Open this September, 9 years on from his well-known victory at The Okay Membership.
The previous world No 1 produced an excellent birdie-par-eagle end to win the island of Eire’s nationwide open by three strokes in 2016, with McIlroy now trying to go one higher than final yr’s runner-up end to Rasmus Hojgaard.
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Highlights of day 4 of the 2024 Amgen Irish Open, the place McIlroy narrowly missed out on a house victory as Rasmus Hojgaard impressed
His Irish Open look would be the first of back-to-back begins on the DP World Tour, with McIlroy additionally confirmed to be taking part in the BMW PGA Championship the next week forward of the Ryder Cup from September 26-28.
Rory McIlroy’s outcomes and schedule for 2025
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January 16-19 – Hero Dubai Desert Traditional – Tied-fourthJanuary 30-February 2 – AT&T Pebble Seashore Professional-Am – WINNERFebruary 13-16 – Genesis Invitational (Signature Occasion) – Tied-17thMarch 6-9 – Arnold Palmer Invitational (Signature Occasion) – Tied-15thMarch 13-16 – The Gamers – WINNERMarch 27-30 Texas Kids’s Houston OpenApril 10-13 – The MastersApril 17-20 – RBC Heritage (Signature Occasion)April 24-27 – Zurich Traditional of New Orleans (group occasion with Shane Lowry)Could 8-11 – Truist Championship (Signature Occasion)Could 15-18 – PGA ChampionshipMay 29-June 1 – The Memorial (Signature Occasion)June 5-8 – RBC Canadian OpenJune 12-15 – US OpenJune 19-22 – Vacationers Championship (Signature Occasion)July 10-13 – Genesis Scottish OpenJuly 17-20 – The OpenAugust 14-17 – BMW ChampionshipAugust 21-24 – Tour ChampionshipSeptember 4-7 – Amgen Irish OpenSeptember 11-14 – BMW PGA ChampionshipSeptember 26-28 – Ryder CupNovember 6-9 – Abu Dhabi ChampionshipNovember 13-16 – DP World Tour ChampionshipWill 2025 be McIlroy’s yr for a significant?
McIlroy’s main drought extends into an eleventh yr, which might equal the largest hole between main victories in males’s golf, though there are programs on the 2025 schedule that may give him encouragement to finish his winless streak.
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Check out the perfect bits from the ultimate spherical of the 2014 PGA Championship at Valhalla, the place McIlroy claimed the latest of his 4 main titles
He has seven profession top-10s at The Masters, together with a runner-up end at Augusta Nationwide in 2022, whereas he’s a four-time winner of the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hole Membership – the venue for the 2025 PGA Championship.
The Northern Irishman will head to Oakmont having ended no worse than ninth in every of his final six US Open appearances, earlier than a return to Royal Portrush for The Open to play a course the place he missed the lower in 2019 however beforehand held a course document as an adolescent.
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