Maguire looks to McIlroy for inspiration

FOLLOWING RORY: Alex Maguire will be looking to make a statement at The K Club this weekend. Pic: Mateo Villalba / Golffile.

Irish amateur Alex Maguire said he used to have dreams of emulating Rory McIlroy’s magnificent shots around The K Club in 2016 as he prepares for his first Horizon Irish Open.

The Laytown & Bettystown clubman begins his first round at 9.30am this morning on the back of his first appearance in the Walker Cup in a whirlwind year for the Meath native.