Cold reality of making it big in America

UNFULFILLED potential is unforgivable in American sport.

I would never try to claim that the US media is unique in its desire to discard the remnants of the fallen star. Clearly it isn’t. But because of the size of the market here and the sheer volume of opinion and hyperbole being churned out on an hourly basis, to err may be human but it is as unAmerican as an athlete could ever be.

Which is why there is no way of fully explaining the gravity of Rory McIlroy’s achievement on Sunday.