DORAL, Fla. — Rory McIlroy used three words to try to diffuse a question about Donald Trump's presidential campaign and how it affects a World Golf Championship played at a Trump-owned golf course.
"I'm not American," McIlroy said as the room broke into laughter and some applause.
McIlroy, the 26-year-old from Northern Ireland, knows all about the distractions Trump can cause even when politics aren't involved. A year ago, McIlroy slung his 3-iron into the water left of the eighth hole out of frustration. Trump hired divers to fish it out, and the practice range on Sunday morning at Trump National Doral became a sideshow when Trump presented the 3-iron to McIlroy.