Rory McIlroy winning The Players Championship gave him so much ... He probably doesn't need those, either. Even at the TPC Sawgrass for the premier championship of the PGA Tour, the week for McIlroy ...

The Players Championship is reducing its 144-man field to 120 players next year, a move that might allow weekday rounds to finish on time, perhaps improve the overall pace of play and probably will ...

This also is the first time in his career he has two victories leading to the Masters, having won at Pebble Beach last month. Go back to last November, when McIlroy won the DP World Tour Championship ...