Brian Harman: 'I can't imagine being Rory, he has trouble going out to eat somewhere'

Last year's champion golfer is aiming to back up last year's fairytale success at the Open.

OLD FRIENDS: Darren Clarke speaks to Rory McIlroy on the driving range ahead of The Open Championship at Royal Troon. Pic: Steve Welsh/PA Wire.

There is always a more exclusive club. No matter how high you go in golf, or in life, there is always a red rope dangling loosely but definitively and defiantly as you peer beyond it to an out-of-bounds domain.

Fewer than 90 men have won an Open Championship since Willie Park Snr triumphed at the inaugural event at Prestwick Golf Club in 1860. The list of multiple winners runs to just 27. The number of players who have been able to retain the claret jug goes no further than 16.