Golfers make up 10 of the world's top 100 best-paid athletes, with Masters champion Jon Rahm now the second biggest earner behind Cristiano Ronaldo.

Netflix's upcoming eight-part golf documentary "Full Swing" is not an explosive exposé on the PGA TOUR's battle with LIV but a revealing look inside the minds of a hotchpotch of players from rookies to major winners and the fears and desires that make them tick.

Former world number one Dustin Johnson was a surprise inclusion alongside European Ryder Cup stalwarts Graeme McDowell, Sergio García, Ian Poulter, Lee Westwood, and Martin Kaymer in the field for next week's inaugural LIV Golf Invitational near London.

Rory McIlroy declared the proposed Saudi-backed Super Golf League "dead in the water" last night after Bryson DeChambeau and Dustin Johnson declared their loyalty to the PGA Tour, leaving the entire scheme without any big-name stars.

PAUL MCGINLEY sees confidence and putting as the biggest obstacles to Masters glory for Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry and tipped “Mad Scientist” Bryson DeChambeau to find the winning formula at Augusta National.

Masters champion Dustin Johnson proved he’s head and shoulders above the rest when he put a poor performance on the greens behind him to win his second Saudi International powered by SoftBank Investment Advisers title in three years.

World Number One Dustin Johnson finished with back-to-back birdies to take a two-shot lead into the final round of the Saudi International powered by SoftBank Investment Advisers as he attempts to win the title for a second time in three years.

World number one Dustin Johnson has renewed his megabucks deal with TaylorMade as he bids to top his Masters-winning season with an even better year in 2021.

Shane Lowry put Dustin Johnson's record-breaking Masters win down to hard work and "balls" and confessed he was unsurprised that Bryson DeChambeau failed to live up to his own hype.

Dustin Johnson consigned past calamities to the history books when he produced one of the great Masters performances to bury his rivals and claim his second major title by five shots at Augusta National.

Rory McIlroy must match the biggest comeback in the history of the Masters and close an eight-shot gap on runaway leader Dustin Johnson if he's to win the green jacket and complete the career grand slam.

Major championship punditry requires a lot more than the gift of the gab. That's why Paul McGinley has been doing his research before Sky Sports' provides wall-to-wall coverage of the Masters and his conclusions are not great news for Rory McIlroy or Bryson DeChambeau.

Shane Lowry shot his sixth successive round in the sixties to go into the final round of the Houston Open just five shots off the lead.

It means a lot to finally win the FedExCup. Obviously, it's a very tough trophy to win, and I've been close several times. This time I controlled my own destiny, which I knew I had to do. I had the lead entering the TOUR Championship and again going into the final round, but I still had to go out and play well.

Rory McIlroy’s slim hopes of winning the FedEx Cup faded a little more after a level-par 70 left him 11 strokes behind leader Dustin Johnson at the Tour Championship in Atlanta.

Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland reacts to a missed putt on the 18th green during the second round of the TOUR Championship at East Lake Golf Club on September 05, 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

Rory McIlroy fired a warning shot across the bows of his FedEx Cup rivals when he finished with a hat-trick of birdies to open with a superb six-under 64 in the Tour Championship in Atlanta.

Rory McIlroy might be looking for a third FedEx Cup win but his career success will be calibrated in Major wins, not Tour Championships.

Rory McIlroy believes fatherhood will give tour life "a different perspective" as he chases a record third FedEx Cup win and a cool $15 million jackpot at the Tour Championship in Atlanta.

Impending fatherhood is just one of the challenges Rory McIlroy will have to deal with today after a third-round 73 left him three shots behind leaders Dustin Johnson and Hideki Matsuyama heading into the final round of the BMW Championship in Chicago.

Driving the ball well is the heartbeat of Rory McIlroy’s game and that was key to his race to the top of the leaderboard in the BMW Championship at a testing Olympia Fields.

Rory McIlroy admits he feels like he’s “going through the motions” after putting in another erratic PGA Tour performance in the Northern Trust at TPC Boston.

Dustin Johnson produced the birdie-eagle finish he wishes he’d made on Friday to take a five-stroke lead into the final round of the Northern Trust at TPC Boston.