Rory McIlroy's game doesn't resemble the stereotypical wind-formed, UK-style game that we've rightly or wrongly come to assume from these players. He doesn't hit low, navigating, left-to-right runners,

By the time Portrush got it's next turn to host The Open in 2019, McIlroy was a 30-year-old golfing legend — a four-time major winner who the locals pinned all their hopes on to hoist the Claret Jug for all of Ireland. Instead, McIlroy fell flat on his face, missing the cut — not even making it to the weekend.