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16th June 2018, 7:52 pm == RORY McILROY has already written off his chances of recapturing his Major championship mojo in next month’s Open. The former world No 1, who has not won a Major since the 2014 USPGA championship, admitted his opening 80 at Shinnecock Hills showed he still cannot play in windy conditions. Getty Images - Getty Rory McIlroy feels his hopes will be as gloomy as the weather if the wind is strong If Carnoustie, the venue for the 147th Open, has ever seen four days without the wind picking up, someone should tell the locals! It is rightly regarded as the toughest course on the Open rota, and the way McIlroy reacted to his third missed cut in a row at the US Open did not exactly fill you with confidence about his stomach for a fight. After missing by two shots at ten over par – a score distorted by four late birdies when the pressure was off – McIlroy admitted “I guess I was literally blown off course in the first round. “The conditions took me by surprise on day o...

14th June 2018, 7:18 pm 17th July 2018, 10:27 am == IAN POULTER said the opening round of the US Open was like a visit to the dentist – but he bit back to emerge as one of the early leaders. Poulter was one of only four men to break par at Shinnecock Hills, as winds gusting to 20mph dried out the course much quicker than anyone expected. AP:Associated Press Ian Poulter finished his first round of the US Open with a share of the lead It was nowhere near as bad as the 2004 farce here, when the greens got out of control and the organisers were forced to start watering them after the final round began. But Poulter’s one under par 69 – which was matched by Americans Dustin Johnson, Russell Henley and Scott Piercy -  was another example of the fighting qualities that have made the English scrapper such a formidable force in the Ryder Cup. Poulter said: I didn't enjoy it at all. I have to say, through most of the US Opens, I haven't enjoyed very many, to be honest. They're diff...

14th June 2018, 10:56 pm == RORY McILROY'S Major championship misery got even more painful, as he collapsed to a ten over par EIGHTY in the first round of the US Open. It was McIlroy’s worst start to any Major – the previous low point was his 79 in the opening round of the Open five years ago, when he missed the cut by four shots. Getty Images - Getty Rory McIlroy had a shocker on the first day at Shinnecock Hills EPA Tiger Woods also shot a first round of 78 in New York He can probably start making alternative plans for the weekend this time too, even though everyone found it tough to get to grips with a windswept Shinnecock Hills – including returning hero Tiger Woods, who ran up a triple bogey seven on the first hole. McIlroy was joined by Tiger Woods on eight over par after the three-time winner also shot a 78. Even if McIlroy does manage to claw his way back over the cut line, he has no chance of ending his drought in the events that matter most, which stretches back to the...