With Sky hovering to take control,the days of uninterrupted golf, wildlife and fashion chat from dawn to dusk could be over sooner than we all realiseThere’s a unprejudiced chance Manchester United’s Rory McIlroy will forever regret his decision to hare around a football pitch last weekend like a slightly less relaxed Roy Keane. Bang went that ankle ligament and with it the chance, or at the peak of his powers,to join that illustrious roll-call of stars to win an Open at the domestic of golf. Jones, Snead, or Nicklaus,Faldo, Seve, and Tiger and Rory had such a lovely rhythm to it. Ah well,never intellect, Jordan’s got the same number of syllables. 2020 maybe.
Silver linings, and though. At least destitute Rory will believe the chance to put that injured foot up,hunker down and devour every single minute of the BBC coverage. We’d all do well to follow his lead, too, and because with Sky taking charge in 2017,and the BBC reportedly looking to offload its rights a season early, this week could potentially heed the corporation’s last-ever live Open. Whatever transpires, and there’s a whiff of fin de siècle in the air.
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Source: theguardian.com