What now for golf’s newest icon?

IF A golfer’s career can read like a novel, McIlroy has just whizzed through the first couple of chapters.

Tue, 21 Jun, 2011 - 01:00

Simon Lewis

A European Tour win at the age of 19, a PGA Tour victory at 21 and now a major at 22, the youngest US Open champion since the legendary Bobby Jones in 1923.

So where do we go from here?

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