Rory McIlroy holed an eagle putt on No. 18 to force a playoff but lost out to Matt Fitzpatrick, who won the World Tour Championship for a third time on a chaotic final day of the 2025 golf season on Sunday.
Rory McIlroy emerged from a wild afternoon at the DP World Tour Championship with three birdies over his last five holes Saturday for a 4-under 68, giving him a share of the lead with Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen of Denmark as he closes in on a fourth straight Race to Dubai title.
Nicolai Hojgaard moved into position to win the season-ending World Tour Championship for a second time by taking a three-stroke lead on Friday, though a slew of Europe’s Ryder Cup stars were well placed to pounce
The head-to-head between Rory McIlroy and Marco Penge at the season-ending World Tour Championship has gotten off to an extremely one-sided start. While McIlroy rolled in seven birdies in a 6-under 66, Penge — the young pretender trying to overhaul the established superstar in the European tour’s Race to Dubai standings — struggled to a 74 in the first round on Thursday.
For Rory McIlroy to be denied another seasonlong Race to Dubai title, Marco Penge is going to have to pull off the biggest win yet.
Former champions Tommy Fleetwood and Shane Lowry were in a five-way tie for the lead at the Abu Dhabi Championship after opening rounds of 8-under 64s on Thursday.
Sepp Straka has withdrawn from the two playoff events for the Race to Dubai so he can be home when his 2-month-old son leaves the hospital for the first time since birth.
Tommy Fleetwood’s best season got even better Sunday when he ran off four straight birdies around the turn and closed with a 7-under 65 for a two-shot victory over Keita Nakajima in the India Championship.
Japanese golfer Keita Nakajima shot a bogey-free 7-under 65 to take a two-stroke lead at DP World India Championship after the third round, moving in sight of his second title on the European tour.
Jon Rahm made seven birdies to get back into contention for a fourth title at the Spanish Open on Friday, but fellow Ryder Cup winner Shane Lowry couldn’t fully recover from a poor opening day as he missed the cut.
The Dunhill Links Championship was reduced to a 54-hole tournament with gusts topping 50 mph on Saturday that made the three courses unplayable.
American golfer Michael Kim holed a 15-foot par putt at the last hole to seal a one-shot victory at the French Open on Sunday for his first worldwide title in seven years, while former No. 1 Brooks Koepka faded to a fourth-place finish.
Five-time major champion Brooks Koepka rattled off five straight birdies on the back nine Saturday and had a 6-under 65, giving him a share of the lead in the French Open as he tries to win for the first time in more than a year.
Alex Noren, a Swede who will be among Luke Donald’s five assistants at Bethpage Black, rolled in a 17-foot putt at No. 18 to complete a birdie-birdie-eagle finish and join Adrien Saddier in a tie for the third-round lead at the European tour’s flagship event.
Ángel Hidalgo made 12 birdies to match a European Tour single-round record and move into second place with a 9-under 63 in the third round of the Irish Open on Saturday, while Adrien Saddier of France took the tournament lead with a 68.
Before the teams head to Bethpage Black in Long Island, N.Y., for what projects to be a historically great event, both Ryder Cup teams have overtaken events on the PGA Tour and DP World Tour.
Rory McIlroy made a 28-foot eagle putt on the final hole to force a playoff, then sealed his second Irish Open win with a birdie on the third hole of the playoffs against Sweden’s Joakim Lagergren on Sunday.
Rory McIlroy hit a bogey-free 6-under 66 to move into contention after the second round of the Irish Open, where Joakim Lagergren of Sweden leads after a 62 on Friday.
Rory McIlroy bogeyed two of his last three holes and faded to a 1-under 71 in the first round of the Irish Open on Thursday in his latest homecoming.
Rasmus Hojgaard stayed on course to secure a last-gasp spot in Europe's Ryder Cup team after reaching the halfway point of the British Masters in a tie for 14th place on Friday.
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