Rory McIlroy clearly not ‘all work and no play’

The manner in which Rory McIlroy’s ruptured his anterior talo-fibular ligament (ATFL) injury may have shocked the golf world but it also shows a very different side to the world number one.

By sustaining the damage in ‘in a soccer kickabout with friends on Saturday’ it proved that McIlroy is true to his beliefs that life is there to be lived and enjoyed.

No one should doubt but that his mind would have been undoubtedly preoccupied with his preparation for the defence of the Open Championship at St Andrews next week or that his meticulously prepared plans were pretty much in place but as he has proven time and again McIlroy refreshingly does not subscribe to the “all work and no play” attitude of many of his peers in the game.