There was a moment during Rory McIlroy’s Wednesday press conference at Quail Hollow that illustrated how he has morphed from a man who needs to a man who wants. Needs are essentials without which one is lost.

Rory McIlroy has everything he ever wanted in golf. The Masters delivered that with the final leg of the career Grand Slam.

Rory McIlroy, whose Masters triumph last month completed a years-long pursuit of the career Grand Slam, said on Wednesday he has accomplished everything in golf he ever dreamed of and will not be burdened by any number-specific goals going forward.

The PGA Championship gets underway at Quail Hollow on Thursday and Mirror US Sports' writers have weighed in on the biggest storylines heading into the second major of the year

Masters champion Rory McIlroy is heading Down Under for the first time in more than a decade to play the Australian Open on Melbourne’s famed sandbelt courses for the next two years.

Rory McIlroy enters this week's PGA Championship at Quail Hollow as the clear favourite, bringing with him a formidable reputation at a course he knows intimately. The Northern Irishman has claimed victory at the North Carolina venue four times throughout his career.

The McIlroy household is looking at a major life change in the near future, which eradicates any notion that the marriage is not healthy.