McIlroy’s Open record: Sublime to the ridiculous and then back again

2007

McIlroy’s Open record: Sublime to the ridiculous and then back again
Tue, 22 Jul, 2014 - 01:00
Phil Casey

ā€œOne better than Tiger and hopefully I can build on it,ā€ McIlroy said. Subsequent rounds of 76, 73 and 72 meant McIlroy finished in a tie for 42nd place and won the Silver Medal as leading amateur.

2008

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