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The Team Sky rider all but wrapped up a fourth title on Saturday after beating Rigoberto Uran and Romain Bardet comprehensively in the final solo effort against the clock, having already started with an advantage after the opening time trial in Dusseldorf.

The turning point came at the par-four 16th, which Spieth played perfectly for a par four.

In the weather version of rock, paper, scissors – wind beats rain, both beat sun.

But the Floridian has never played in the final group in a major.

“It wasn’t I couldn’t look within myself”, McIlroy stated. I don’t know if we’d be in any better score if I was on the other side of the draw. With the way he’s played this summer, he could totally make a charge in the final 36 holes.

He’d known from the start in Germany that this Tour would be unusual and likely open, because it had few mountain-top finishes, not huge amounts of time-trial kilometers, and many tricky days over all five of France’s mountain ranges. Maciej Bodnar took the stage win...

But he’d rather have been swinging a club than holding a microphone. A third-straight round in the 60s will ensure qualifying next year won’t be as hard. Fortunately, one of the venues was his hometown course in Woburn. The biggest break came at No. 10, when the rain...

The home crowd are going to roar him on to beat the Americans and claim the Claret Jug on Sunday.

Here’s a look back at McIlroy’s four major successes…

The wind was so strong. For Poulter, it was a terrific effort.

Rose’s status: He has met with several teams in the past three weeks, including the Clippers and Bucks. The two sides are expected to meet face to face in the coming days.

“I’ll maybe look back at the end of my career and be extremely satisfied or disappointed”. “It is extremely important but hard to do”. “It kept me positive, so he did a great job”. “It’s not something I think about”....

Facing a softened course when play resumed and with the winds having temporarily eased, he duly put the hammer down.

It will clearly take more than blustering wind and hammering rain to stop Jordan Spieth at Royal Birkdale after he opened up a two-shot lead, posting a one under-par 69, in the second round of the British Open on Friday.

For the Cavaliers, a Kyrie Irving trade would have to bring in considerable talent to help them stay within punching distance of the Warriors and hopefully convince LeBron to stay next summer (though his next exit from Cleveland may be a foregone conclusion at this point).