Rory McIlroy needed to work on a few more things before the 2025 Masters, and a late run of birdies at Memorial Park will let him do just that. McIlroy birdied Nos. 15, 16 and 17 in the second round of play on Friday,

Two weeks after winning the Players Championship in a playoff, Rory McIlroy was looking at a serious, if understandable letdown. The Ulsterman teed off late on Friday in the Texas Children’s Hospital Houston Open,

Three late birdies squeezed Rory McIlroy inside the cut line as Scottie Scheffler tied the course record to take the lead at the Houston Open. McIlroy was outside the cut before three successive birdies from the 16th lifted him to four-under-par on a day disrupted by thunderstorms.