McIlroy hopes for happy Portrush return

It is a question thousands of golf fans are sure to be asking this week as they pack Royal Portrush for the first Irish Open in Northern Ireland since 1953: How on earth did Rory McIlroy shoot 61 round this place?

Wed, 27 Jun, 2012 - 17:05

It is a question thousands of golf fans are sure to be asking this week as they pack Royal Portrush for the first Irish Open in Northern Ireland since 1953: How on earth did Rory McIlroy shoot 61 round this place?

Even more amazingly, how on earth did he do it when he was just 16 years old?

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