Rory McIlroy hasn’t won a major in a decade, but he’ll try to add a gold medal to his trophy case this week when the Olympics golf tournament begins.
McIlroy is a Northern Ireland native, allowing him to represent either Ireland or Great Britain at the Summer Games. He’ll represent the Irish flag this week at Le Golf National, a course McIlroy should feel comfortable on.
McIlroy played five matches at the 2018 Ryder Cup decided on Le Golf National. McIlroy went 2-3-0 that week, as the Europeans cruised to a 17 1/2-10 1/2 win. The Euros took full advantage of getting to set up the course that week, growing up the rough to combat an American team that just wanted to bomb and gouge. At a press conference Tuesday ahead of the Olympic tournament, McIlroy and Shane Lowry were asked whether the rough is as thick as it was …