Rory McIlroy's impending big stories and stars to watch out for in 2025 are all featured in a special end-of-year awards edition of the Sky Sports Golf podcast.
DP World Tour striker David Howell and Robert Lee join Josh Antmann to share another exciting year in the sport, in which Scottie Scheffler and Nelly Korda enjoyed incredible runs and Xander Schauffele made significant history.
The trio debate their favorite sight of the year, with Bryson DeChambeau's US Open win up and down the 72nd hole at Pinehurst and McIlroy's several efforts featuring on their shortlist.
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The Sky Sports Golf Podcast named Robert McIntyre's emotional wins at the Canadian and Scottish Opens as their moment of the year for 2024.
McIlroy had four wins worldwide but also had four finals at a thrilling event in 2024, where he claimed the DP World Tour Race to Dubai for a sixth time, with much debate about the his season and how close he was to a career that changed. campaign.
There's a closer look at Korda's season – she won seven times on the LPGA Tour, including five consecutive victories and a second major title – as well as a look at some of the players who enjoyed breakout years on Tour Universe 2024 DP.
They review some of the funniest moments of the year, including hilarious celebrations at the Presidents Cup and a reporting error at another event, with the success of Robert MacIntyre and how Scheffler's arrest at the PGA Championship also gets a mention.
The top four men and top five women are again live on Sky Sports in 2025, giving McIlroy another chance to end his long drought and claim his first success since the 2014 PGA Championship.
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In the Sky Sports Golf Podcast review of 2024, this funny mix in the commentary box is awarded the funniest time of the year
The panel will decide whether 2025 will be the year McIlroy makes it to the top 5 and whether Scheffler can continue his dominance to remain at the top of the world rankings, and look at the Charley Hull has to do it in the women's game.
“She (Hull) needs to win more,” Lee told him Sky Sports Golf Podcast. “She has to win regular LPGA Tour events and cancel some of them. They have five senior leaders in the women's game and it is difficult to reach them in a given week.
“You tend to win majors because you win other tournaments, unless it's rare, so she has to focus on that. The majors will come when they come, but she has to win more often.”
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Highlights from day three of the Aramco Team Series event in Riyadh, where Charley Hull took his first worldwide victory since 2022.
“There's no one else like Charley, not even in the men's game. She's unique and a lot of fun to watch. As a player, as a competitor, she just has to find a way she gets over the line more often.”
The 2025 preview also includes a look ahead to the Ryder Cup, but how do the hosts think Luke Donald's side are going to fare against Bethpage Black and the crowd as they continue historic success gone?
Listen to the latest Sky Sports Golf podcast or watch the vodcast edition on Sky Sports Golf, while it is also available throughout the Christmas period via Sky Sports On Demand. Stream Sky Sports with NOW.
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