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How Rory McIlroy’s Practice Ground Helped Him Win the US Open.

July 25, 2011 by John Strawn

When Rory McIlroy was still an amateur, he visited Padraig Harrington’s house in suburban Dublin, where he eyed the Claret Jug.   “I’d really like to have one of those.”   He then glanced out the window towards Harrington’s practice grounds, maintained in the manner of a course on the Open rota.  “But if I can’t have […]

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