The 2025 Australian Open is shaping up to be one of the most anticipated in recent memory. The event is headlined by the arrival of this year's Masters champion Rory McIlroy, who returns to Australia for the first time since 2014 in a landmark moment for the tournament co-sanctioned by the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia and DP World Tour.

Rory McIlroy’s third round at the Australian Open was bizarrely affected by a banana peel. The Masters champion is nine shots adrift of leader Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen at Royal Melbourne

Denmark's Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen made a late surge to card a five-under 66 and take the lead on day three at the Royal Melbourne on Saturday, while Rory McIlroy overcame an early error to grab two consecutive birdies and stay in the hunt at the Australian Open.

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Rory McIlroy had a self-described “rollercoaster” of a round at Royal Melbourne in the first round of the Australian Open. He wasn’t exaggerating.

Rory McIlroy grabbed three birdies in his last four holes to make the cut at the Australian Open on Friday, while Portugal's Daniel Rodrigues and Denmark's Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen set the pace at Royal Melbourne on nine-under par.

More than a few eyebrows were raised when the television coverage of the second Ashes Test in Brisbane started cutting to famous faces in the crowd earlier this week and it honed in on Greg Norman.

Rory McIlroy is nine shots behind leader Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen ahead of the final day of the Australian Open at Royal Melbourne.