McGinley: Rory over-hyped

RORY McILROY still has plenty to prove before he can be placed alongside Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus, says Irish Ryder Cup hero Paul McGinley, who believes the new US Open champion is currently being “over-hyped”.

McIlroy took the game of golf by storm at Congressional Country Club last month when he won the US Open by eight strokes to become, at 22 years and 46 days, the youngest winner of that title since Bobby Jones in 1923.

The feat led to predictions by some of golf’s leading lights that the Holywood youngster was set to succeed where Woods has so far failed and surpass Nicklaus’s record of 18 major victories.