Rory McIlroy takes Ballyliffin lessons into challenge for Carnoustie

Rory McIlroy left Ballyliffin to prepare for this month’s Open Championship determined not to make the same mistakes he did in advance of the US Open.

McIlroy, 29, will head to Carnoustie next week aiming to break a four-year major drought by regaining the Claret Jug he won at Hoylake in 2014, the same year he also landed the PGA Championship at Valhalla.