8. ‘Brain dead’ Rory McIlroy
McIlroy opened with a 79 in the 2013 Open Championship at Muirfield and then said: “That was brain dead!” That line was manna from heaven for British newspapers and duly filled the back pages of sports pages nationwide.
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Rory McIlroy hasn’t been afraid to speak his mind, and the Ryder Cup has provided plenty of drama in our top 10 story lines of the decade.
McIlroy opened with a 79 in the 2013 Open Championship at Muirfield and then said: “That was brain dead!” That line was manna from heaven for British newspapers and duly filled the back pages of sports pages nationwide.