The prefix "Mac" in Gaelic means "son of," so MacIlroy can be interpreted to mean "son of Red King" or "son of the Red-haired one. Chasing his first win of the year, McIlroy took a three-shot lead into the final round of the WGC-Cadillac Championship at Doral, but faltered with a two-over-par 74 to finish two shots behind winner Adam Scott. But it’s all mostly a blur now — the airline mileage points gone long ago — and I closed those chapters when I retired to the Carolina LowCountry some years ago. After the runner-up finish, McIlroy would later miss the cut in his next three events, and fell again from number one ranking.

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He lost on the first extra hole, when Russell Henley was the only one of the four to birdie the hole. At the Ryder Cup, he played for Europe against the United States in 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021 and 2023, with Europe winning in 2010, 2012, 2014, 2018 and 2023. In May, McIlroy won the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina by one stroke. Mcllroy retained the West of Ireland Championship in 2006 and followed that up with back-to-back wins at the Irish Close Championship. Due to immigration and movement of peoples, these variants can now be found globally, especially in countries like the United States, Canada, and Australia.

McIlroy started his year on the PGA Tour in good form with five straight top-6 finishes: tied for 4th at the Sentry Tournament of Champions; tied for 5th at the Farmers Insurance Open; tied for 4th at the Genesis Open; runner-up finish at the WGC-Mexico Championship; tied for 6th at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. In September 2023, McIlroy played on the European team in the 2023 Ryder Cup at Marco Simone Golf and Country Club in Guidonia, Rome, Italy.

In November, McIlroy entered the DP World Tour Championship on the European Tour sitting in first place on the DP World Tour Rankings.

He was again a non-factor at the PGA Championship at Atlanta Athletic Club after injuring his wrist on the 3rd hole of the first round after attempting to play a stroke from behind a tree root.

In January, McIlroy was hit with a two-shot penalty for not taking proper and full relief after driving onto a spectator pathway in the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship, his first event of the season.

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