Everyone just wants to live in peaceful times. I have to be very careful in what I say and do. And he has continued to be careful in what he says and does as his career has progressed. He eventually chose Ireland but then withdrew due to concerns over the Zika virus.
But one question that's plaguing everybody's mind is - why is he representing Ireland at the games? Born in Northern Ireland on 4th May , the four-time major winner started playing golf from the moment he was big enough to hold a golf club.
It was his father who introduced him to the sport and it was instant love. Golf was first introduced to the Olympics in for Rio. He represented all of Ireland at youth level, but is also eligible to represent Great Britain. He spoke in depth about the matter in a interview with Mail Online , in which he was asked whether he would choose Team GB or Ireland at Rio , the Games at which golf was introduced.
McIlroy has not exactly spoken with enthusiasm about the Olympics leading up to the event — but it is worth remembering he was once sceptical about the Ryder Cup, too, and that changed very quickly. Log In. It is very close and dense, with these wire fences and houses on both sides, literally just feet apart. Today Mitchell isn't eager to lecture another country on divisive domestic issues, not with political and racial turbulence dividing his own nation. But he is concerned that Brexit might restore a hard border between Northern Ireland and Ireland, which, he said, "could take attitudes back to the way people lived a hundred years ago.
In the end, Mitchell is an optimist, a believer in the basic goodness of the island's people. He returns to Northern Ireland several times a year, and sees a day when those peace walls in Belfast come down. As a golf fan who follows McIlroy and who has met Rory's countryman and fellow major winner Graeme McDowell , Mitchell is happy The Open is back in their homeland for the first time since The American negotiator who helped pave the way for Northern Ireland to host this event said its most successful golfer, McIlroy, should not be pressured into declaring his loyalty to one country or cause.
I think people ought to let him handle it the way he wants, the way he has, without comment or criticism. He looks to me like a terrific young man and a great athlete. He's got his own life, and he ought not to be burdened by these things. In today's Belfast, murals of masked gunmen are still found on the walls among the messages of peace and hope drawn by artists and written by tourists.
Rory's worldwide stardom added to the magnitude of the event. McIlroy has a combined 4. This is a good thing, too, given the way McIlroy has carried himself and managed an unmanageable issue. By example, he has shown young people in Northern Ireland that they can rise above the tribalism that built those Belfast walls in the first place. He's already won. Skip to main content Skip to navigation. Rory McIlroy, two Irelands and a complicated Open homecoming.
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