Rory McIlroy backs R&A decision to remove Muirfield from Open rota
Rory McIlroy has urged Muirfield to "see some sense" and reconsider its membership policy after the club was dropped from the Open Championship rota.After a vote on accepting women members narrowly failed to achieve the two-thirds majority required, the R&A announced that the Scottish course would no longer be considered to host the game's oldest major championship.McIlroy, who won the Claret Jug at Hoylake in 2014, said: "They can do what they want but in this day and age it's not right to host..>> view originalLeBron James: A 'better' player because of Kyrie Irving, Kevin Love?
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Friday, May 20, 2016
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