Even though Rory McIlroy is back home playing in his native Northern Ireland, he feels somewhat “detached” from this week’s Irish Open at Royal County Down.
That’s because he is staying at home in his native Holywood, a suburb of Belfast, about an hour’s drive north of Newcastle, the seaside town famous for its Championship Links at Royal County Down.
“Today, I woke up, and usually when you’re at a tournament site, like if I was staying at the Slieve Donard [Hotel] here, you can hear people announced on the first tee, and maybe the first thing you do is check your phone and see how the boys started
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