McIlroy adjusting to Tour schedule

Rory McIlroy, the Irish boy wonder who took the European Tour by storm when he turned professional late last year, is coming to terms with the fact that getting to the top is likely to be a marathon and not a sprint.

Third at St Andrews in only his second start and then fourth in Madrid a week later, McIlroy earned his tour card in record time, was talked of a Ryder Cup prospect for this season and made the game look ridiculously easy.