McIlroy quietly confident
By AFP,AFP - 11 July 2016
[caption id="attachment_158630" align="aligncenter" width="500"] LEADING THE CHARGE: Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy will return to play in the British Open this week after failing to defend the title last year due to injury. Picture: GETTY IMAGES[/caption]
Weather will be major factor at Troon
The British Open returns to Royal Troon on Scotland’s west coast this week with Rory McIlroy back in the field having been unable to defend the Claret Jug a year ago due to injury.
The Northern Irishman, who leads a host of the sport’s biggest names to have withdrawn in controversial circumstances from next month’s Rio Olympics, is bidding to win his fifth major and second Open after his victory at Hoylake, near Liverpool, in 2014.
