Rory McIlroy’s near-misses, memorable main storylines and the celebrities to look out for in 2025 all function in a particular end-of-year awards version of the Sky Sports activities Golf podcast.
DP World Tour stalwart David Howell and Robert Lee be part of common host Josh Antmann to dissect one other eventful yr within the sport, through which Scottie Scheffler and Nelly Korda loved outstanding runs and Xander Schauffele made main historical past.
The trio debate what their favorite shot of the yr was, with Bryson DeChambeau’s US Open-winning up and down on the 72nd gap at Pinehurst and a number of McIlroy efforts that includes on their shortlist.
McIlroy loved 4 worldwide wins but additionally had 4 runner-up finishes throughout an eventful 2024, the place he claimed the DP World Tour’s Race to Dubai for a sixth time, with loads of dialogue about his season and the way shut he was to a career-changing marketing campaign.
There’s a nearer have a look at Korda’s season – she received seven occasions on the LPGA Tour, together with 5 consecutive victories and a second main title, plus a have a look at among the gamers who loved breakout years on the 2024 DP World Tour.
They assessment among the funnier moments of the yr, together with excitable celebrations on the Presidents Cup and a commentary blunder at one other occasion, with Robert MacIntyre’s success and Scheffler’s dramatic arrest in the course of the PGA Championship additionally getting a point out.
All 4 males’s main and 5 girls’s majors are as soon as once more solely stay on Sky Sports activities in 2025, with McIlroy having one other alternative to finish his lengthy drought and declare a primary main success for the reason that 2014 PGA Championship.
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Within the Sky Sports activities Golf Podcast’s assessment of 2024, this hilarious mix-up within the commentary field is awarded the funniest second of the yr
The panel give their verdict on whether or not 2025 would be the yr McIlroy makes it main No 5 and if Scheffler can proceed his dominance to remain prime of the world rankings, plus have a look at what Charley Hull must do within the girls’s recreation.
“She [Hull] needs to win more,” Lee informed the Sky Sports activities Golf podcast. “She needs to win regular LPGA Tour events and be knocking some of those off. They’ve got five majors in the women’s game and it’s hard to peak in a given week.
“You are likely to win majors since you’re profitable different tournaments, until it is a rarity, so she wants to focus on that. Majors will come alongside once they come alongside, however she must win extra typically.”
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Highlights from day three of the Aramco Staff Sequence occasion in Riyadh, the place Charley Hull claimed her first worldwide win since 2022
“There’s no one else like Charley, not even in the men’s game. She is unique and is a lot of fun to watch. As a player, as a competitor, she just needs to find a way that can get her across the line more often.”
The 2025 preview additionally features a sit up for the Ryder Cup, however how do the company assume Luke Donald’s aspect are going to fare with Bethpage Black and the crowds as they chase a historic away success?
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