The future starts here

IT MAY have come a little later than expected butwhen Rory McIlroy’s maiden major victory came in the US Open at Congressional Country Club last night it was all the sweeter for the deep disappointment of 10 weeks ago.

As 10th holes go, the contrast between Augusta National’s and Congressional’s could not have been more stark as McIlroy closed on the 111th US Open Championship he would win in record-breaking fashion.

Back in April, McIlroy’s world had come crashing down around his flustered head as the Masters eluded him with a tee shot at the 10th so errant that he never recovered.