The Open: Rory McIlroy brimming with confidence after once again making strong start at St Andrews

Rory McIlroy has enjoyed a fine start to the Open

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There has been a predictability about the opening of the past three Majors.

Each time, conversation has focused on LIV Golf and its band of rebels, and each time Rory McIlroy has been rolled out to explain why it is the wrong approach for the sport and those peers, who have been lured by the dollar signs.