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Rory McIlroy and Min Woo Lee at last year’s Australian Open at Royal Melbourne.

Australian Open heads to Peninsula-Kingswood, NSW locked out

The Australian Open will be played at Peninsula-Kingswood Country Golf Club next year, and the event will return to Victoria in 2029 and 2030.

  • Peter Ryan

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Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland.

2026 PGA Championship final round LIVE: Aaron Rai wins first major as Cam Smith makes top 10 in PGA Championships

More than 40 golfers started the day in a position to genuinely challenge for the title.

  • Peter Ryan
Rory McIlroy talking to media ahead of the US PGA Championships in Pennsylvania.

‘Glad I was wrong’: McIlroy taunts LIV Golf after loss of Saudi billions

Outspoken critic Rory McIlroy has addressed his comments that Saudi Arabia would never walk away from LIV Golf.

  • James Corrigan
Rory McIlroy buttons up the green blazer presented to the US Masters champion – his second in two years.

‘It still fits’: McIlroy’s poignant words after donning second green jacket

The Northern Irishman cemented his status as the greatest European golfer of all time after joining an elite group of three players to win back-to-back US Masters titles.

  • Evin Priest
S MASTERS GOLF 2026: Live blog coverage - final day. Equal leader Rory McIlroy and another contender, Australian Jason Day.

US Masters final round: Rory McIlroy holds nerve to win back-to-back US Masters

Rory McIlroy left an opening at Augusta and several other players charged back into contention in the third round, setting up a potentially pulsating finish at Augusta National, where McIlroy and Cameron Young share the lead, but six other players including Jason Day are within four shots.

  • Peter Ryan
McIlroy, with caddie Harry Diamond, is overcome with emotion.

McIlroy’s Masters win was as good as it gets. How about another Augusta fairytale?

A hugely likeable bloke who had been close at the Masters many times finally fulfilling his dream and putting on the green jacket. Sounds like someone else I know.

  • Peter FitzSimons
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Rory McIlroy and caddie Harry Diamond  shake hands on the 18th after the first round of the 2026 Masters.

It started ‘scrappy’. Then Rory McIlroy took the clubhouse lead

Rafael Nadal was among the fans who watched reigning champion Rory McIlroy seize a share of the clubhouse lead on the opening day of the 2026 Masters at Augusta.

  • Evin Priest
Bryson DeChambeau and Rory McIlroy.

McIlroy and DeChambeau ready to revive one of golf’s juiciest rivalries at Masters

LIV Golf star Bryson DeChambeau says Masters champion Rory McIlroy “didn’t talk to me once all day” in last year’s final round, and that he’d love to “absolutely beat the living you know what out of him” at this year’s tournament.

  • Evin Priest
Rory McIlroy practices at Augusta this week ahead of the 2026 US Masters.

McIlroy has won the career grand slam. This is what’s motivating him at Augusta

A year on from completing the career grand slam, Rory McIlroy reflects on his 2025 Masters victory as he returns as reigning champion.

  • Evin Priest
Rory McIlroy wins the Masters.

Rory, Duplantis and India’s women cricketers: In 2025, it was a wide world of sports

Looking outside Australian sport puts us in position to pay respect to some outstanding achievements.

  • Malcolm Knox