Rory's Glory ; Sergio Leads but Ulster Teenager Is the Talk of Carnoustie

Daily Mail (July 20, 2007)

Author: Mike Dickson

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TEENAGE amateur Rory McIlroy electrified The Open yesterday by taking a share of third place cheered on by mates who have taken casual jobs at the tournament. After a three-under-par first round of 68 at Carnoustie gave him a place on a Europedominated leaderboard behind Sergio Garcia (65) and Paul McGinley (67), the 18- year-old from Holywood in Northern Ireland thanked his supporters, some of whom are undertaking humble tasks around the course.

'I've got quite a few friends here this week and a few of them are working here, doing the scoreboards and stuff,' he said. 'I'm a normal teenager, but I'm a pretty good golfer as well.' His latter comment looked an understatement after a superb bogey-free round that left him a stroke ahead of Tiger Woods. He said: 'Tiger's always been my hero and it's a pretty special feeling that I shot one better.'

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Rory's Glory ; Sergio Leads but Ulster Teenager Is the Talk of Carnoustie

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