McIlroy hopes for Open success

Rory McIlroy goes in to The Open at Royal St George's as the favourite after his sensational performance at the US Open last month.

The Northern Irishman hasn't played a competitive round of golf since his success in Maryland, where he scored a record-breaking -16 to win by eight clear shots.

Going in to this tournament though on the beautiful backdrop of Kent, the 22 year-old is the 8/1 favourite with paddypower.com - who are paying out on each way bets all the way down to 7th place.

And despite attempting to achieve back-to-back first major wins for the first time in half a decade, McIlroy is extremely upbeat over his chances.

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