Rory McIlroy: Pain of missing Ryder Cup will hit home with LIV rebels

EXCITED: Rory McIlroy of Europe chips onto the 11th green during a practice round before the 2023 Ryder Cup at Marco Simone Golf and Country Club in Rome. Pic: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

A new dawn. 30 years of European dominance at home versus a historic US triumph last time out. Whistling Straits was the one America needed to win. Now Europe and talisman Rory McIlroy must respond.

This is McIlroy’s seventh Ryder Cup. The 34-year-old is the third oldest player on his team. All of this is familiar. So much of it is new.