"Having barreled down Illinois highways at upwards of 100mph, its siren blaring, an unmarked cop car came screeching into the parking lot of the Medinah Golf Club, skirted the camera crews huddled to record McIlroy's frenzied arrival, and deposited him just steps away from the locker room. McIlroy at that instant had all of nine minutes to grab something to eat, warm up, and get to the first tee for his match against Keegan Bradley, otherwise he'd be forced to forfeit."
"But in September 2012, McIlroy was a tender 23, the world's newly crowned No 1, and the winner that summer of two legs of the FedEx Cup, not to mention the PGA Championship, his second career major. To the young McIlroy, the staid old Ryder Cup must have seemed like weak tea. That tea has gotten much stronger for a player who just won the Irish Open in spectacular fashion."
At the 2012 Ryder Cup McIlroy nearly missed his singles tee time after a high-speed arrival in an unmarked police car, leaving him nine minutes to eat, warm up, and reach the first tee for his match against Keegan Bradley. His team trailed 10-6, and a forfeit would have derailed Europe's Miracle at Medinah comeback. At 23 McIlroy was newly world No 1 and a FedEx Cup and major winner who treated the Ryder Cup lightly. Over time McIlroy matured into Team Europe’s leader and was restrained at the 2023 Cup in Rome after a US caddie interfered with his putting. At Bethpage Black he and Europe will attempt to win on hostile soil.
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