PGA Tour Golf thread

[Neil Young]

Ooh, you guys are so desperate.

[Liverpel]

Thank you, Mr McGuinness.

[PTP]

Rory will win gold for Ireland in Brazil

i doubt it.

[Chazza]

Is the Olympic golf going to be a matchplay or just a straight 72 holes best score wins?

[Neil Young]

Whichever it is, it's going to be ****.

[Chazza]

[kingfunk]

i doubt it.

Why?

[RichC]

matchplay would surely be the best way for it to be played.

[Reece]

Olympic crazy golf

[McDermotX]

Another gold and silver for Team GB!

Rory will win gold for Ireland in Brazil

From earlier in the year

RORY McILROY has been urged to do his bit for Ireland and play for Britain at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio.

This tongue-in-cheek suggestion was made by Padraig Harrington in a TV interview with recently retired European Tour player Gary Murphy.

McIlroy and fellow Major-winning Ulstermen Graeme McDowell and Darren Clarke can represent Ireland or Britain when golf returns to the Olympics in four years' time.

Back in 2009, as golf's bid to rejoin the Olympic family gathered momentum, McIlroy said he was excited about the prospect of being on the same team at the Games as Britain's diving star Tom Daley.

Yet, he sat firmly on the fence when the subject came up again at last year's US PGA Championship.

"Basically, if I'm going to be very honest, which I usually am, whatever I say is going to upset someone," said the world No 2 at the time, adding: "So I may as well just say 'I don't know' and wait until four or five years' time, whenever I have to make a decision."

Commenting on recent media speculation on this matter, Harrington said: "I'm fascinated with all this conversation about who we declare for. If Rory and Graeme opt for Britain, it means we get two more Irish guys into the Games -- as in myself and Darren Clarke get to play.

"The way the system works, if you're in the top 15 in the world, you can have more than two from one country," added Dublin's three-time Major winner.

"So if someone wants Rory to be as Irish as he can be, he'd better declare for GB and we get two more guys in. When it comes down to it, it'll be a complete no-brainer because nobody is losing out and you're actually just gaining a couple more spots for Irish golfers."

[RichC]

Sergio qualifies for the Ryder cup team!

[Chazza]

[Liverpel]

Ireland's Rory McIlroy has won the Deutsche Bank Championship for his third PGA TOUR this year.

In a Labor Day finish that featured some of the biggest names in golf, McIlroy closed with a 4-under 67 and got away with a few mistakes to hold off Louis Oosthuizen for a one-shot victory on the TPC Boston. Oosthuizen narrowly missed a 12-foot birdie putt on the final hole that would have forced a playoff. He closed with a 71.

Tiger Woods made a charge on the front nine, though he never got closer than three shots until a birdie on his last hole for a 66. Phil Mickelson finished fourth.

Woods went over $100 million in PGA TOUR earnings with his third-place finish. McIlroy went to No. 1 in the FedExCup standings.

[Shaggy]

Seen the leaderboard at this US PGA event? McIlroy, Westwood, Mickelson and Vijay share the lead, Tiger two back

[Shaggy]

Brilliant leaderboard

McIlroy, Westwood, Mickelson and Dustin Johnson share the lead, Vijay one back, Tiger, Furyk and Adam Scott three behind