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away from one of the major sporting events of 2014. And in Rory McIIroy, the Great Britain and Europe Ryder Cup team has a player currently at the very top of his game. Having followed up his British Open


triumph by winning the US PGA Championship, the 25 year old from Northern Ireland is currently dominating the sport the same way Tiger Woods did in his prime. And we mustn’t overlook the fact


that sandwiched between his two Major successes was victory at the WGC Invitational at Akron, Ohio, which completed a hat trick of wins for McIIroy against the very best players in world golf. Even USA Ryder Cup captain, Tom


Watson, acknowledged McIIroy’s current supremacy when he told reporters “I wish he was playing for my team, I can tell you that.” However, we must not overlook the


age old adage that ‘Pride comes before a fall’, and Watson feels that McIIroy offers his players a target and that whoever is drawn against him will have the character and belief to give Rory a real run for his money. Whatever the outcome of the Ryder


Cup, McIIroy is nailed on to win the 2014 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award, and the rest of this year’s sporting high achievers will be left to battle it out for the runners up spot. Whilst on the subject of high


achievers, someone who will be rooting for Tom Watson and his team to bring home the Ryder Cup from Gleneagles is US President Barack Obama, whose love of the game of golf is well documented. However, Obama


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has recently come under fire from critics for being photographed smiling and looking relaxed on the fairway just hours after making a speech condemning the murder of American journalist James Foley. In what has been termed ‘Golfgate’, the White House has defended the President by insisting that he, more than most, needs to relax on holiday to be able to do his job. ‘Sporting and leisure activities are a good way for release and clearing the mind for a lot of us.’ said Presidential press spokesman Eric Schultz. Obama is highly unlikely to change


his schedule in the face of criticism from journalists and political opponents, but, as one pundit suggested, perhaps next time he is required to make an impassioned speech following a terrorist attack or a moral outrage, he might be better served having an afternoon of backgammon rather than golf! Finally, congratulations to Jack


Nicklaus for coming through relatively unscathed when he became the latest celebrity to undergo the Ice Bucket Challenge where a large bucket of iced water is poured over the head to promote awareness of the disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and encourage donations to research. Personally, I’d make a far larger


donation not to have a bucket of cold water tipped over my head!


Happy Hacking! Mulligan


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