4 days ago
Rory McIlroy is burdened by our absurd expectations... but he needs that as fuel to climb the next mountain, writes RIATH AL-SAMARRAI
I remember a few of the details from a grey Thursday at Royal Portrush six years ago.
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.