
Why Rory McIlroy proved The Open is golf's most compelling championship
When I was younger, I pretended every putt I hit on the practice green was to win the U.S. Open. It was my national championship and even today, I still believe it is the toughest test in all of golf. But if I were 12 years-old again, I would visualize making putts to win The Open Championship. A trip to Scotland in 2015 may have contributed to this, but think of the story lines of the last 10, or so, Opens. In 2009 it was a 59-year-old Tom Watson turning back the clock and l