Rory aims to join legends by winning Green Jacket

He does not just win at a canter, you know.

Rory aims to join legends by winning Green Jacket

Rory McIlroy found a different way to win a Major yesterday as he ground out a two-shot Open victory at Royal Liverpool that gave him the third leg of a career grand slam.

It was no less impressive for that even if the 25-year-old Irishman, who carded a closing one-under-par 71, had begun the day with a six-shot lead and in search of record-breaking feats such as those he had achieved in winning his first Major at the 2011 US Open.

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