David Ford was playing like one of the best amateurs in the world at the end of 2024. It's no surprise he starts 2025 on top of the leaderboard.

Jon Rahm and Viktor Hovland have missed the cut and Rory McIlroy was forced to battle to make the weekend as the headline acts struggled at the Dubai Desert Classic.

Next week's AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am is the second signature event on the 2025 PGA Tour schedule, meaning a bigger purse and stacked field. World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler and No. 3 Rory McIlroy will both make their first Tour starts of the new year.

Rory McIlroy waves to the fans during the second round of the 2025 Hero Dubai Desert Classic. Photo by Pedro Salado/Getty Images Jack Milko has been playing golf since he was five years old.

Rory McIlroy is not playing at the level we have come to expect, but has precedence to lean on at the Hero Desert Dubai Classic.

The PGA Tour will finally get a star-studded field to display next week at Pebble Beach.

Daniel Hillier of New Zealand has birdied the final two holes to shoot 2-under 70 and take a one-stroke lead into the final round of the Dubai Desert Classic.

All this is to say that Rory McIlroy knows that Tyrrell Hatton is a world-class player who is comfortable in his own skin. That bore itself out Sunday in Dubai when Hatton fired a 3-under 69 to ...

The Northern Irishman failed to overtake Tyrrell Hatton who held the lead and deservedly celebrated at the Hero Dubai Desert Classic.

"He has his systems and ways he practices and he does a really good job at that. And he also doesn't give a flying fig what anyone else thinks.."

All this is to say that Rory McIlroy knows that Tyrrell Hatton is a world-class player who is comfortable in his own skin. That bore itself out Sunday in Dubai when Hatton fired a 3-under 69 to ...

Woods' Jupiter Links GC and McIlroy's Boston Common Golf meet in Week 4 of TGL. The match, at SoFi Center in Palm Beach Gardens, starts on Jan. 27 at 6:30 p.m.