Exactly what was being said between the two main protagonists in their many private moments will remain something of a mystery. Neither man had anything to say publicly at the conclusion of their rounds.
It wasn’t the opening round they were hoping for, but the elder McIlroy did provide one of the early highlights of the tournament, chipping in from the rough on the seventh hole for a long par save.
[PHOTO: Ross Parker – SNS Group] Rory McIlroy wanted nothing to do with speaking to the written press on the eve of the DP World Tour’s Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. But the Belfast lad did give a two-and-a-half-minute interview to BBC Northern Ireland on the subject of, you guessed it, the symbolism of the men Read more…
The two men who were the architects of the now infamous June 6 framework agreement from last year will be playing golf in the same grouping, in public, on television, on one of the most recognisable golf courses in the world.
Like it or not, a sporting event is defined by its ending, and the 2018 Open Championship was like a movie that keeps you on tenterhooks for 90 minutes and then sputters through the conclusion.