Former Open champion and Ryder Cup star, Darren Clarke, says he’s as proud of what Rory McIlroy has achieved in golf as if one of his sons had done the same.
The pair first met on Rory’s 10th birthday in 1999, Clarke very much an established name at the time and McIlroy starstruck. Since then, that young Northern Irishman has gone on to eclipse his role model, in terms of on course achievements and completed the Grand Slam of golf with his US Masters victory in April.
