Rory leads the new young guns

SUDDENLY after a remarkable Sunday of golfing achievement, capped by Rory McIlroy’s Quail Hollow Championship success, Tiger Woods at 34 years of age seems very, very old.

McIlroy has jumped four places to World No. 9 in destroying the Charlotte field with a blistering weekend effort of a third round 66 and a final round course record 62 to win by four.

After only just managing to make the halfway cut right on the mark, McIlroy outplayed, outscored and outwitted the combined challenge of US Masters winner’s Phil Mickelson and Angel Cabrera to win for a first time in the States.