McIlroy sets sights on double

Teenage dynamo Rory McIlroy is targeting a rare double in the AIB Irish Amateur Open at Portmarnock.

Teenage dynamo Rory McIlroy is targeting a rare double in the AIB Irish Amateur Open at Portmarnock.

The 17-year-old Holywood sensation wants to become the first player since Tom Craddock in 1959 to hold the Irish Amateur Close and Open titles at the same time.

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