Rory McIlroy starts his season in Dubai; it’s no real change to how he’s handled each season for the past few years. But what has changed – his equipment.

Perhaps nobody on the PGA Tour was more outspoken against LIV than Rory McIlroy when the breakaway league was just getting started, and the five-time major champion doesn't seem to have much optimism regarding the Saudi Arabian-financed league's future.

Even if LIV Golf spends hundreds of millions of dollars to re-sign two-time U.S. Open winner Bryson DeChambeau, PGA Tour star Rory McIlroy said he doesn't believe the Saudi Arabian-financed breakaway league will be any better off.

In this week's Tour Report, why Rory McIlroy is making maybe his biggest gear change ever and we're tracking new 2026 clubs in play.

Koepka will be back on the PGA Tour after a few years playing LIV Golf, but not everyone is on the same page about his return

Rory McIlroy begins his 2026 season with back-to-back events on the DP World Tour at the Dubai Invitational and the Hero Dubai Desert Classic; watch McIlroy in action throughout 2026 live on Sky Sport

Will 2026 be dominated by Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy, who were seemingly making weekly headlines in 2025? Scheffler may have gotten off to a slow start, but by year's end, he closed off two additional legs of the career grand slam while again emerging as the PGA Tour of the Year.