SHANE LOWRY

Shane Lowry tapped in for birdie at the 18th hole and then had to wait and see if Rory McIlroy could produce something special to force a playoff at Wentworth. McIlroy gave himself a chance and the crowd cheered as his long eagle putt on the final hole crept slowly toward the cup, only to stop less than an inch short. McIlroy crouched down, staring at the ball in disbelief, while Lowry hugged his caddie in the scorer's tent to celebrate a one-shot victory at the BMW PGA Championship on Sunday.

Don't expect Rory McIlroy to spend much time reminiscing with his former Ryder Cup teammates at Wentworth this week.

When Rory McIlroy runs into some of his former Ryder Cup teammates at Wentworth this week, don’t expect them to spend much time reminiscing about fond memories. European Ryder Cup stalwarts Sergio Garcia, Lee Westwood and Ian Poulter are among the contingent of LIV Golf players who are competing at the BMW PGA Championship this week, much to the dismay of McIlroy and the others who have resisted the financial gains of joining the Saudi-backed breakaway series. During a forgettable Ryder Cup for Europe last year at Whistling Straits, one of the most memorable moments came when McIlroy broke down in tears when talking about how much he loved his teammates.

Keegan Bradley hasn’t been to the FedEx Cup finale in four years.

Tiger Woods may have played his final round of a British Open at St. Andrews.

Newlyweds Alex Wrigley and Johanna Gustavsson had wide smiles as they posed for photos on the Swilcan Bridge under bright sunshine near the end of a practice round on the Old Course at St. Andrews.

Phil Mickelson's chances at the U.S. Open all but evaporated on the sixth green, where he four-putted for an ugly double bogey.

Bryson DeChambeau says it's a business decision to play for the LIV Golf series.

Jordan Spieth hit a 56-foot shot from a greenside bunker to 7 inches and beat Patrick Cantlay with the tap-in par putt on the first hole of a playoff Sunday in the RBC Heritage.

Harold Varner III shot an 8-under 63 to take a one-shot lead in the RBC Heritage on Saturday in pursuit of his first PGA Tour victory.

Masters champions get to go to the Masters Club dinner, and Scottie Scheffler has a permanent seat at that table now.

Scottie Scheffler is the No. 1 player in the world and has a Masters green jacket to show for it.

Cameron Smith's hopes of winning his first major vanished on the 12th hole during the final round of the Masters.

Scottie Scheffler has never been here before.

Scottie Scheffler is one round away from winning his first major at the Masters.

Tiger Woods has made it to the weekend at the Masters in his first official start in 508 days.

This Masters is all about Tiger Woods to start the week.

This Masters is all about Tiger Woods to start the week.

Sixteen players have made it to the weekend in the Dell Technologies Match Play.

Harold Varner finished 8-under on Monday at the final round of the Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass.

Cameron Smith made the longest week at The Players Championship worth the wait.

Sepp Straka is going back to Georgia in a few weeks.

Daniel Berger wasn’t flawless.

Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka are finally getting their day in the sun.

The Ryder Cup is going back to the Americans.

The United States wrapped up the Ryder Cup in record-setting fashion.

All the drama Saturday at the Ryder Cup was to see if Europe could make a game of it.

The U.S. closed out Saturday’s fourball matches with an 11-5 lead in the Ryder Cup for its biggest two-day advantage since 1975.

Europe trails the Ryder Cup 6-2 after an opening day that saw Rory McIlroy lose twice and the entire team post only one victory.

Youth is being served for this U.S. team in the Ryder Cup.

Sergio Garcia, Ian Poulter and Shane Lowry have been picked by European captain Padraig Harrington to fill out the team for the Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits.

Billy Horschel became the second American after Arnold Palmer to win the BMW PGA Championship following a dramatic final round.

Jon Rahm and Cameron Smith are tied for the lead at The Northern Trust.

Xander Schauffele is 18 holes away from a gold medal and the podium still feels a long way off.

Xander Schauffele is trying to treat the Olympics as just another golf tournament.

Louis Oosthuizen is leading the British Open and that's not all that surprising.

Louis Oosthuizen and Jordan Spieth are leading the way at the British Open.

Louis Oosthuizen is the clubhouse leader at the British Open and has a place in the record book at Royal St. George’s.

Jon Rahm is a newly crowned major champion with the chance to join an elite group of players to win golf’s two oldest championships in the same year.

Anyone hopeful of a Bryson DeChambeau-Brooks Koepka pairing at the U.S. Open will have to wait.

Collin Morikawa has the early lead at the Memorial on a day only half the field finished.

The British Open could have big crowds at Royal St. George's.

Phil Mickelson is looking like the Mickelson of old at the PGA Championship.

Louis Oosthuizen bogeyed the 18th hole Friday to drop into a tie for the lead with Phil Mickelson through two rounds at the PGA Championship.

Bryson DeChambeau thought he had missed the cut in the Wells Fargo Championship.

Justin Rose picked one of the toughest days at Augusta National for his lowest score in the Masters.

Justin Rose still has the lead at the midway point of the Masters, but his perch looks a lot more precarious.

Justin Rose shot 65 on a day when only a dozen players managed to break par at the Masters.

Justin Rose picked one of the toughest days at Augusta National for his lowest score in the Masters.

“It was a tough match,” Johnson said. “Obviously, I was dying to win that match,” MacIntyre said. The Spaniard, whose American home is in Austin, won his second match and thus eliminated Hatton, the No. He missed the birdie putt and Rahm, who would have had a putt from the same range, smile a sigh of relief. Johnson was 10 feet away for eagle, and MacIntyre still had him putt it (Johnson made it).

(AP Photo/David J. Phillip)AUSTIN, Texas – For a sport known for its glacial pace, fortunes can change quickly in golf. That was the cutoff for the top 64 players to get in the Dell Technologies Match Play. Rozner won all four of his matches at Formby Golf Club on the Lancashire coast of England. Rozner said he spoke to Dubuisson last week to find out why he did so well in the Match Play in 2014. I'm trying to take it match after match, step after step.”He makes it sound like a slow process.

Wise shot his second straight 6-under 64 on Friday to take a three-stroke lead into the weekend at the Honda Classic. The 128 total is the lowest 36-hole score at PGA National since the tournament moved there 15 years ago — and marks the first 36-hole lead of Wise’s PGA Tour career. Wise birdied the last to finish off the 64, the eighth round of 64 or lower surrendered by PGA National this week. He opened with a 69, then shot 62 — the fourth score that low in Honda history at PGA National — Friday. Jones (61), Wise (64) and Russell Henley (64) had the 64s or better Thursday; Hagy, Ryder, Wise, Brice Garnett (64) and Stewart Cink (64) had them Friday.

The PGA Tour has selected Love to be U.S. captain for the Presidents Cup in 2022 at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina. He was captain when Europe rallied from a 10-6 deficit to beat the Americans in the 2012 Ryder Cup at Medinah, and he was Ryder Cup captain for a rare U.S. victory four years later at Hazeltine. He also was an assistant captain in the Ryder Cup under Corey Pavin in 2010 and Jim Furyk in 2018 and is on the staff of Steve Stricker this year. The Presidents Cup was supposed to be played this year until the COVID-19 pandemic led to the Ryder Cup being postponed one year to this September. ... Tony Finau has 35 finishes in the top 10 since the start of the 2016-17 season on the PGA Tour without winning.