Record-Breaking Rory Can't Afford Another Hangover [Edition 3]
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Rory keeps his nerve third round at late last the help of Fitzgerald RORY McILROY had planned the perfect way to take his mind off the magnitude of what he had already achieved at the US Open -- and the immensity of what lay ahead of him as he sat on a record six- shot lead at the halfway stage at Congressional Country Club. He was going to go to the pictures.
He had 26 hours to fill between finishing his second round and starting his third, long enough to scramble any golfer's brain but particularly one who threw away a four-shot lead only two months ago at the Masters.See the full content of this document
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Record-Breaking Rory Can't Afford Another Hangover [Edition 3]
So, while many of his rivals were fighting wind and rain late on Friday in an effort to make the cut, the 22-year-old runaway tournament leader announced he was off to a nearby cinema.
Given his well-documented final-round collapse at Augusta National, some thought his choice of movie, the cult comedy The Hangover: Part II, was somewhat ironic. But McIlroy planned to sit back and watch the antic...See the full content of this document
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