Rory McIlroy: Fatherhood, Scheffler admiration, and Kerry course on his bucket list

Along with several courses in the US, Rory McIlroy said Waterville in County Kerry is a golf course he'd love to play

LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON: In recent years, Rory McIlroy has learned that he's more like his father Gerry than he thought. Pic: AP Photo/Caroline Brehman

Rory McIlroy occasionally looks at Scottie Scheffler and wonders if he should take another leaf out of the world number one’s book. McIlroy sometimes feels as though he puts too much on his own shoulders.

“He has no ego when he plays golf,” McIlroy told the Fried Egg podcast about Scheffler.