It’s nine years and counting for Rory McIlroy, who will take his Major drought to a decade if he fails to win the Open at Royal Liverpool, edging him towards the biggest gap in-between victories if he is to go and add a fifth to his collection.
As it stands, 11 years is the biggest gap between Major wins in men’s golf, so McIlroy could be left needing to create history in adding a fifth that everyone thought would come so easy to him.
