Rory McIlroy is burdened by our absurd expectations... but he needs that as fuel to climb the next mountain, writes RIATH AL-SAMARRAI
It was hardly unusual for a morning at the Open, with a bit of wind, a touch of drizzle, and 100 people or so were crammed between me and the woman a little further along on the left of the first hole. She had no idea her phone was about to be smashed.
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