McIlroy can make major move

THERE was a time not so long ago when Tiger Woods ruled the majors and picking a winner was easy. You didn’t have to get it right but few would argue with your selection.

Yet as the Tiger has gone into decline, the playing field has been levelled considerably and one need look no further than the evidence of 10 different winners of the last 10 majors to underline the point.

Of those 10, the only one likely to stop the run stretching to an 11thdifferent winner at this week’s US Open at Congressional Country Club is Phil Mickelson, the last American to win a major when he donned a Green Jacket for the third time in his career at the 2010 Masters.