2010 British Open: The Coming of Rory McIlroy at the Open at St. Andrews

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Published: July 15, 2010

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Featured Columnist Andy Reistetter is home in Jacksonville Beach, Florida taking a break after 10 straight weeks on tour. While enjoying watching the Open at St. Andrews on television this week, here are his thoughts and comments…  

Mike Tirico pointed out something interesting on ESPN this morning…

Rory McIlroy finished his round and shot three times his age. Big deal, we all can do that at some point in our life, right?

Think about it!

The real deal with McIlroy is that he is only 21-years-old, the score was a 9-under par 63 and it happened in the first round of the British Open at the home of golf, the Old Course at St. Andrews.

Now that is really a big deal!

We saw him take his American debut earlier this year at Quail Hollow shooting a 62 to beat Phil Mickelson down the stretch on Sunday afternoon.

Perhaps this is his world debut, his own rendition of Tiger Woods' "Hello World."

No doubt inspired by his fellow countryman Graeme McDowell's triumph in the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach, the Northern Ireland youth is well prepared for this only his seventh major championship as a professional.

He took McDowell's advice and skipped the Scottish Open at the parkland Loch Lomond course last week to play links golf back home at Royal Portrush Golf Club.

This kid knows how to play links golf and wants to win his "home major."

Starting with his eagle 2 after driving the 352-yard par-4 9th hole, the young Rory went 8-under for his last 10 holes of the opening day.

The whiz kid missed a short birdie putt on the penultimate hole, the Road Hole which with the ensuing birdie at 18 would have been a 62, the lowest round ever in a major championship.

No worries, as he will likely get another shot at that record someday. Maybe even pulling a "Goydos" in a major?

But it was a perfect day for scoring...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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