McIlroy’s set up for success

IF Darren Clarke’s British Open victory at Sandwich proved anything it was that the adage about horses for courses still holds firm when it comes to golf’s Major championships.

Clarke came alive when he trudged the Kent dunes and the links air filled his lungs last month and the PGA of America’s preparation of Atlanta Athletic Club this week can have a similar effect on Rory McIlroy at the 93rd PGA Championship.

McIlroy’s love of parkland courses is well documented and that, married to the phenomenal support he enjoys on this side of the Atlantic following his US Open victory in June has already led to his wish to take up PGA Tour membership in 2012 and buy a house in the United States.