Rory McIlroy hoping to bounce off Darren Clarke - but round one Open draw is not kind

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A decade ago, Rory McIlroy ventured out with Darren Clarke here on the Wednesday practice round and helped inspire his older countryman to win The Open. This year, the duo will once again take to Royal St George’s for an eve of championship final warm-up, but this time it could be Clarke acting as the motivator. In 2011, McIlroy and Clarke linked up to play a “friendly” fourball better-ball against the South African duo of Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel. The younger trio had all lifted ma

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