Golf-McIlroy confident and keen as British Open approaches
SOUTHPORT, England — Rory McIlroy is confident he can put injury problems and a frustrating run of form behind him to mount a serious challenge for a fifth major title at this week’s British Open.
The 28-year-old Northern Irishman, a former world number one now ranked fourth, is rated a 20-1 shot by bookmakers to repeat his 2014 Open victory at Royal Birkdale this week.
“It hasn’t been the year that I had planned, but these things sort of crop up out of nowhere and they challenge us,” McIlroy, who suffered a rib injury in January, told a news conference on Wednesday.
“Obviously, it’s been hard to get any sort of momentum with an injury and not being able to practise as much as you’d like,” he added.
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