Even Rory Can't Blow It This Time, Can He? Final Round of the Us Open [Edition 4]

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RORY McILROY today stands on the verge of converting his long recognised youthful promise into the finished article of one of golf's major winners. The 22-year-old from County Down, in Northern Ireland, goes into the final round of the US Open with a huge eight- shot lead over his nearest rivals.

And while the memories of his nightmare collapse in the final round of the Masters will still be fresh in his mind, mathematics alone suggest he is ready to consign them to history.

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Even Rory Can't Blow It This Time, Can He? Final Round of the Us Open [Edition 4]

At Augusta National in April he led by only four shots, a fragile margin which disintegrated when he hit his drive off the 10th tee into a garden lining the course. Today the 22-year-old can beat Jack Nicklaus -- the golfing legend who has almost taken McIlroy under his wing -- to his first major by a couple of ...

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