Rory McIlroy ‘somewhat proven wrong’ by golf’s success at the Olympics

"It pleasantly surprised me. There was more people at the golf events than there was at the athletics."

Rory McIlroy was glad to be "somewhat proven wrong" by the success of golf at the Olympics following its controversial return to the Games.

McIlroy was one of more than 20 top players to withdraw from Rio, the 27-year-old initially citing concerns over the Zika virus but later admitting that major championships remained the ''pinnacle'' of the sport and he would only watch ''the stuff that matters'' in the Olympics.