CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Winning this year’s U.S. Open will likely take an Olympic effort, both before and during the championship; while at least one player challenges golf’s efforts to become an Olympic sport again.
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Rory’s “Dear Jack” moment. It’s tough to impress Jack Nicklaus either on or off the golf course, but Rory McIlroy has become adept on both fronts.
McIlroy, who is in the middle of a five-event stretch this week at the Wells Fargo Championship (where he is just three shots off the lead after 36 holes), had to alter his schedule this year to make room for the Irish Open, which he will be hosting in two weeks.