adminLONDON. — Ryder Cup golf star Rory McIlroy hopes to cap an already stellar year by marking his father’s 55th birthday on Sunday with victory in the Dunhill Links Championship in Scotland.
The Northern Irishman won two of this year’s four major championships, the British Open and US PGA, with the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational in between giving McIlroy three tournament victories in three starts — having already lifted the BMW PGA Championship trophy.
Last week saw the world number one star in Europe’s Ryder Cup victory over the United States course at Gleneagles and the 25-year-old McIlroy has remained in Scotland to compete in the pro-am event staged at three venues — the Old Course at St Andrews, Carnoustie and Kingsbarns.
“It’s a tournament that I have played well at but never been able to win,” said McIlroy, whose amateur partner is his father Gerry. “I finished third in 2007 (enough to gain his European Tour card in his second event as a professional), second in 2009 and second again in 2011. — AFP.
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