Rory McIlroy believes the time is ripe for him this week at Royal Liverpool to finally play his best golf for the full four rounds at the British Open after six years of frustration.
The 25-year-old Ulsterman has two major wins already under his belt – at the 2011 US Open and the 2012 PGA Championship, but success at the two most vaunted majors – the Masters and the British Open – have remained elusive.
“The Open Championship is a tournament that’s very important to me,” he said at Hoylake on Tuesday just before setting off to play 18 holes of practice.
“And my record in it hasn’t been as good as I’d like. I’d love to improve on that.
“It would be great to put the name on the Claret Jug one day. If I was to win my third Major here, it would be the third leg of a career Grand Slam, as well. Not many golfers have done that either.”
Published in The Express Tribune, July 16th, 2014.
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