Ice man Rory makes it all look so easy

IT is becoming all so easy for Rory McIlroy at this US Open that the 22-year-old golfer has reminded himself to stay focused heading into the biggest weekend of his career at Congressional Country Club.

History is beckoning for the young Irishman in a manner that recalls the majestic way in which Tiger Woods won the 2000 US Open at Pebble Beach by a record 15 strokes and yet there are still 36 holes to go and McIlroy knows better than anybody after his horrible finish to the Masters that for all the records he has already set, he now has to finish the job.

McIlroy followed up his opening bogey-free six-under-par 65 on Thursday with a five-under 66 around Congressional’s Blue Course and it could have been so much better had he not found water out of the rough at the par-four 18th and recorded a double bogey.