McIlroy defends Close crown

Defending champion Rory McIlroy has set his sights on Tiger Woods' course record in the Irish Close at the European Club.

Fri, 09 Jun, 2006 - 17:41

Defending champion Rory McIlroy has set his sights on Tiger Woods' course record in the Irish Close at the European Club.

The 17-year-old champion wants to eclipse Woods' four under par 67 when he tees it up in the first round of 36-hole qualifying for the Golfsure sponsored championship at Wicklow links on Saturday.

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Courts Golf Heathrow Place: Irish Place: Wicklow links Place: Ballyliffin Place: Brittas Bay Place: Hoylake Place: Royal St Georges Place: Royal County Place: St George’s Place: Murvagh Place: Donegal Place: Banbridge Place: Fota Island Place: Stackstown Place: Castle Place: Park Place: Connemara Place: Woodbrook Place: Moyola Park Place: The Island Place: Ballybunion Place: L'town & B'town Place: Dunmurry Place: Ballymena Place: Co Louth Place: Lee Valley Place: Co Tipperary Place: The Curragh Place: Cork Place: Ballyclare Place: Athlone Place: Skerries Place: Sutton Place: Kilkenny Place: Co Sligo Place: Royal Dublin Place: Athenry Place: Clontarf Place: Portmarnock Place: Castletroy Place: Lahinch Place: The Islaand Place: Dun Laoghaire Place: Douglas Place: Galway Place: Muskerry Place: Porters Park Place: Nenagh Place: east Clare Place: Rathsallagh Place: Tee Place: 1st Tee Place: Newlands Place: Belvoir Park Place: Hollystown Place: North West Person: McIlroy Person: Rory McIlroy Person: Tiger Woods'Person: Woods'Person: Nick Faldo Person: Pat Ruddy Person: Jim Carvill Person: Alastair McCully Person: Gerard Lawlor Person: Thomas O'Flynn Person: Colin Clancy Person: Jim Mulready Person: Mark Redmond Person: Niall O'Connor Person: Derek McNamara Person: Bryan McSweeney Person: Michael Mulryan Person: Paul O'Kane Person: Graham Nugent Person: Chris Hughes Person: Eoin O'Sullivan Person: Michael Brett Person: Pat Errity Person: Delgany Person: Peter Sheehan Person: Donal O'Brien Person: David Houlihan Person: Stephen Crowe Person: Noel McGrane Person: Padraig McGrath Person: Alex McCloy Person: Simon Ward Person: Niall Gorey Person: Killeen Person: Robert McCarthy Person: Michael Horan Person: David Finn Person: Keith Crowley Person: Kieran Kennedy Person: David Joyce Person: Stephen Loftus Person: Ennis Person: Robert Cannon Person: Gary O'Flaherty Person: Ryan Boal Person: Scrabo Person: Robert Forsythe Person: John Toner Person: Aidan Dooley Person: David Murray Person: Mark Hammond Person: Alan Darbey Person: Richard Guilfoyle Person: Dara Ford Person: Neil O'Briain Person: Dara Lernihan Person: Fergal Rafferty Person: Sean O'Flaherty Person: Mark King Person: Paraic Connolly Person: Colin Cassidy Person: Cian Daly Person: Brendan Walton Person: John McDermott Person: Declan McInerney Person: David Rawluk Person: Serryth Heavey Person: Frank Flynn Person: Ciaran McAleavey Person: David Keating Person: Don Coughlan Person: Andrew Pigot Person: Derek McNeill Person: David Lally Person: Eddie McCormack Person: James Fox Person: Alan Condren Person: David Daly Person: Alan Glynn Person: Stephen Moloney Person: Ronan Maher Person: Tony Cleary Person: Greg Carew Person: Declan Moran Person: Damien Coyne Person: Thomas O'Neill Person: Eddie Power Person: John Waldron Person: Stephen Dwyer Person: Mark Reck Person: Nick Heather Person: Johnny McWilliams Person: Andrew Boyle Person: Gavin O'Connor Person: Hannes Boch Person: Adrian Morrow Person: Niall Turner Person: Garrett Mallon Organisation: European Club Organisation: Royal Portrush Organisation: Athenry Organisation: Kilkenny Organisation: Royal Dublin Organisation: Dromoland Organisation: Greystones

<p>EXPERICNCE: The 2007 Irish Open winner did not make the impact on the tournament leaderboard he would have hoped for on Thursday as he got his 30th consecutive appearance in his national Open underway in the morning calm before persistent showers returned to the former Ryder Cup venue. Yet his experience in shooting a two-over-par 74, eight shots off the first-round lead. </p>

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