Rory McIlroy in full flow in Miami on Wednesday. Picture: Fran Caffrey / www.golffile.ieRory McIlroy gave a full and pretty frank press conference ahead of the WGC-Cadillac Championship at Doral and addressed his problems with his swing, what really went wrong at the Honda Classic, the robust health of his relationship with Caroline Wozniacki and those FTB tweets with Ronan Keating.

An updated version of the Daily Mail story featuring a reference to the fact that “This is not true”When Caroline Wozniacki quizzed Rory McIlroy during a press conference at the DP World Tour Championship about what she was getting for Christmas, there were jokes in the media that it wouldn’t be long before the engagement rumours started flying.

Caroline Wozniacki asks Rory McIlroy a question in Dubai on Thursday. Picture Eoin Clarke/www.golffile.ieWhen Graeme McDowell won the US Open in 2010, Rory McIlroy was inspired to go out and win it the following year.

But could the world No 1 be about to follow in McDowell’s footsteps and propose to girlfriend Caroline Wozniacki? It’s a longshot, at best, but 23-year old McIlroy is not one for doing things by the book.

Rory McIlroy jumps from an unmarked patrol car at Medinah at Sunday. Images via NBC/Golf Channel“Are you taking the piss?”

That was the incredulous reaction of Rory McIlroy’s manager when he called the world No 1 wondering why he wasn’t at Medinah preparing for his Ryder Cup singles.

Graeme McDowell and host Gary Williams on Morning Drive. Rory McIlroy’s globetrotting romance with Danish tennis star Caroline Wozniacki is “wearing him down” according to fellow Northern Irishman Graeme McDowell.

Caroline Wozniacki with Rory McIlroy’s father Gerry in Dubai. Picture Fran Caffrey www.golffile.ieGreg Norman believes that Caroline Wozniacki holds the key to Rory McIlroy’s seemingly inevitable march towards becoming world number one.

Caroline Wozniacki has been a good influence on Rory McIlroy according to Graeme McDowell.Rory McIlroy’s love match with Caroline Wozniacki has made him even more determined to topple Luke Donald and become world No 1.

That’s the view of pal Graeme McDowell who hopes to have his say as he joins his stablemate and Open champion Darren Clarke in this week’s WGC-Accenture Match Play in Arizona.

Rory McIlroy birdied seven of his last 10 holes to open with a 66 in Dubai. Photo Eoin Clarke/www.golffile.ieRory McIlroy missed a golden opportunity to earn some brownie points with his other half when he gave his caddie the credit for helping him birdie seven of the last 10 holes and open with a six under 66 in the Dubai Desert Classic.

McIlroy alongside former stablemate Lee Wetwood earlier this week.Caroline Wozniacki is expected in China to watch boyfriend Rory McIlroy try and clinch what would be the most lucrative pay-day of his career in the Lake Malaren Shanghai Masters on Sunday.

Rory McIlroy has a date with Caroline Wozniacki in Cincinnati this week. Picture by Fran Caffrey/www.golffile.ieRory McIlroy and Padraig Harrington will relieve their US PGA frustrations by chasing birdies this week.

The pair finished near the back of the field on 11 over par after closing 74’s in steamy Atlanta.

But while the Dubliner is a last minute entry for this week’s Wyndham Championship in Greensboro in desperate bid to make the FedEx Cup play-offs, McIlroy will be at the tennis in Cincinnati, swooning over new love match Caroline Wozniacki.

Rory McIlroy got a ribbing from pal Graeme McDowell as his new squeeze Caroline Wozniacki crashed to defeat in Toronto.

But the good news is that the Holywood star will now have her cheering him from behind the ropes in the US PGA this week according to a source who spoke with McIlroy’s father, Gerry.

McIlroy watched on TV in the clubhouse in Atlanta last night as the Danish world No 1 took on Italy’s Robert Vinci in the second round of the Rogers Cup.

Rory McIlroy doesn’t mind his golfing obligations. It’s the intrusion in his private life that he finds tough to handle. Picture Fran Caffrey/www.golffile.ie Getting pestered for autographs and photographs when you sit at the bar in TGI Friday’s on the outskirts of Akron might be a pain, but for Rory McIlroy it’s perferrable to peering out into the night at the security guards patrolling his Moneyreagh home near Belfast.

Life has changed utterly for the 22-year old from Holywood since he bounced back spectacularly from his final round implosion at the Masters four months ago, winning the US Open by eight strokes to leap into the celebrity stratosphere not just as a golfer but as a personality.