The men’s major season is over for 2024, with attention now turning to a busy end to the golfing year and plenty of exciting events still to look forward to on Sky Sports Golf.
Xander Schauffle claimed victory at The Open after a thrilling week at Royal Troon, following his major breakthrough earlier this year at the PGA Championship, while Scottie Scheffler won the Masters in April and Bryson DeChambeau won the US Open for the second time.
It will be another nine months before Rory McIlroy gets the chance to complete a career Grand Slam at the Masters after an 11th year of major drought, with the Northern Irishman now looking to finish the season strong on the PGA Tour and DP World Tour.
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Rory McIlroy missed the cut at The Open after struggling in windy conditions at Royal Troon, reflecting on his performances at majors this year he suggested he needs to work on how he handles difficult conditions at majors
Attention will then turn to the Paris Olympics, where Scheffler and McIlroy are among the favourites in the men’s edition at Le Golf National and Nelly Korda is aiming for gold for Team USA in the women’s tournament, before plenty more golf to come over the remainder of the campaign.
Here are some events and stories that will make you not be able to disconnect from golf over the next few months…
Who can enjoy great glory at St Andrews?
The iconic Old Course at St Andrews will host the prestigious Women’s Open for the third time next month, live on Sky Sports Golf from 22nd to 25th Augustwith Lilia Vu aiming to defend her title after a dominant win at Walton Heath last year.
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Highlights from the final round of the AIG Women’s Open at Walton Heath as Lilia Vu claimed her second major title of the season
Korda will be aiming for a second major win of the season and Charley Hull will be looking to become the first British major champion in the women’s game since Georgia Hall in 2018, while the event has added extra significance in the battle to qualify for the Solheim Cup.
The final women’s major tournament of the year is also the final qualifying event to automatically earn a spot on either team, with captains Suzann Pettersen and Stacy Lewis then announcing their captaincy choices in the days leading up to the event.
Will Scheffler secure FedExCup glory?
Scheffler holds a comfortable lead at the top of the FedExCup standings as he looks to cap off a remarkable 2024 in style, with the closest challenge to the world number one likely coming from Schauffele and McIlroy – chasing a historic fourth title.
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Scottie Scheffler earned his twelfth professional victory by winning the 2024 Travelers Championship – check out his best shots from all his tournament wins
Only the top 70 in the FedExCup standings after the regular season qualify for the FedEx St. Jude Championship at TPC Southwind (August 15-18), with only 50 players then advancing to the BMW Championship at Olympia Fields Country Club the following week.
The final is reduced to 30 for the end-of-season circuit championship, live from 29th August to 1st September on Sky Sports Golfwhere the format rewards the highest-ranked players in the standings with a stroke-based advantage. The winner of the Tour Championship wins the FedExCup, which comes with a whopping $25 million prize fund.
Can Europe write a new page in Solheim Cup history?
The United States holds a 10-8 record against Europe in the Solheim Cup, but they have not won since 2017, losing back-to-back editions in 2019 and 2021 before last year’s competition in Spain ended in a dramatic draw.
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The best of the action from day three of the Solheim Cup at Finca Cortesin in Spain
The Solheim Cup is being played in back-to-back years to avoid conflict with the Ryder Cup, with Pettersen retaining the European captaincy and looking to guide the defending champions to a second straight victory on American soil.
Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Virginia hosts the event September 13-15. live on Sky Sports, where Europe will likely have a good portion of last year’s team at their disposal against a strong American team. The last three encounters have been extremely close and the 2024 edition should be no different!
Could the international team cause a surprise in the Presidents Cup?
The United States is aiming for a tenth consecutive Presidents Cup victory after dominating the biennial competition, but the international team will be aiming for a major upset with a surprise victory in Montreal in September.
The composition of the US team could give us some clues as to who might feature in Keegan Bradley’s Ryder Cup squad next year at Bethpage Black, while the international team can take some encouragement from some of the recent performances at the event.
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Highlights from day four of the Presidents Cup, held at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina
The 2015 edition saw the International team beaten by a single point in Korea and a last-day comeback was needed in Australia in 2019 for the USA team to prevail, with Tiger Woods as captain, with plenty of positives shown in a 17.5-12.5 defeat at Quail Hollow in 2022. Could a first victory for the International team since 1998 be a possibility?
Is McIlroy ready for another success in the Race to Dubai?
McIlroy is a five-time winner of the Race to Dubai and is in a prime position to top the DP World Tour standings again, having won earlier in the year at the Hero Dubai Desert Classic and also finishing runner-up at the US Open.
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Rory McIlroy admits he got over last month’s US Open disappointment “pretty quickly” and says he appreciates the support he has received since
He will return to Europe at the Amgen Irish Open and the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth in September, both part of the DP World Tour’s new ‘Back 9’ schedule, with McIlroy also set to compete at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship and the DP World Tour Championship in November.
The new season-ending double-header in the Middle East will see 70 players take part in Abu Dhabi and 50 in Dubai, while McIlroy being crowned Race to Dubai champion would put him two Orders of Merit shy of Colin Montgomerie’s all-time tally.
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