Flawless Rory McIlroy Shows the Complete Package in 2014 British Open Victory

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Published: July 20, 2014

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Sunday’s final round of the British Open began with the widespread expectation that Rory McIlroy would glide to his first triumph at golf’s oldest major. He got there all right, bringing outright elation from a home crowd eager to see someone from the United Kingdom take possession of the Claret Jug, but it was good to see the Northern Irishman get squeezed a little along the way.

Amazingly, the ability to win a major with someone nipping at his heels was one of the few things McIlroy had left to prove at the age of 25.

But when Sergio Garcia cranked up the heat with an eagle on No. 10 that surged the Spaniard to within three strokes of the lead, there was no buckling of McIlroy’s knees. Nor was there any sign that psychological starch had stiffened what is golf’s sweetest swing at the moment when Garcia later crept within two.

Not even when McIlroy had to dig out of one of Royal Liverpool’s eerily deep bunkers at No. 18.



That’s the thing about McIlroy. Even in a sport that dishes out far more heartbreak than hugs, McIlroy has had to deal with precious few ghosts.

He vanquished a couple of them with such style and gusto this week that it’s tempting to say he simply has to be himself at Augusta next April in order to become the sixth golfer to secure the career Grand Slam.

Sunday’s victory made him the third-youngest player to own three legs of the Slam, and no one who follows the game has trouble guessing that the other two are Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods.

From now on, look for McIlroy’s name to get wedged alongside those of Nicklaus and Woods in as many sentences and network graphics as possible. If a Mount Rushmore for golfers were under construction, the work crew would be told to take a decade off and wait while we see whether McIlroy will push someone like Ben Hogan, Gary Player or even Arnold Palmer out of gol...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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