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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Adrian Chiles

I’ll never play golf like Rory McIlroy. But maybe he can teach me how to live with my mistakes

Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy plays from the 17th tee during a practice round for The 150th British Open Golf Championship on The Old Course at St Andrews in Scotland on July 13, 2022.
‘Memories of daft things I’ve said and done, big and small, assail me without warning’ … Rory McIlroy during at St Andrews in 2022. Photograph: Glyn Kirk/AFP/Getty Images

Whether you’re into sport or not, there’s wisdom to be mined from it. Once you’ve picked your way through the platitudes, banalities and cliche there’s gold in there.

Rory McIlroy’s famous victory at the US Masters earlier this month yielded, for me anyway, a particularly good example. McIlroy’s psychologist, Bob Rotella, has been credited with helping his man develop golf’s key mental skill: putting your bad shots behind you and barely giving them a second thought.

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