The day Rory McIlroy announced himself to the American public

Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland reacts to making a birdie on the 18th green during the final round on his way to winning the Quail Hollow Championship at Quail Hollow Country Club on May 2, 2010 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)

If there is one American golf course Rory McIlroy would have hated missing during golf’s current Covid-19 shutdown you would get pretty short odds on it being Quail Hollow.