The world No. 3 said a gold medal could be his biggest achievement in the last 10 years.
SAINT QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France — Video and social media posts surfaced Monday of Rory McIlroy getting in a round of golf ... at the Old Course?
“It was good. I wasn’t expecting quite the crowd on the last few holes that we got but yeah, it was good. That was the first game of golf I've had since Troon. I thought at least one game of golf before I got here was probably beneficial.”and played poorly in doing so. That came after a tie for fourth at the Scottish Open, which followed a
“Again, I've been asked this question a lot, where would an Olympic medal sit in sort of the hierarchy of my career achievements and it's something I probably won't be able to answer until when everything is said and done. Lowry has his own disappointment to overcome. He was the 36-hole leader at Royal Troon and struggled in the worst of the conditions on Saturday, shooting 6-over-par 77 and eventually finishing sixth.
“For me, look, if you look at the media and what it was like back home yesterday when Mona won that bronze medal, I think if I was to win a gold medal and bring it back to Ireland, yeah, it would be pretty cool.”
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