Rory McIlroy, 19, has the game and charisma to be golf’s next star (Sports Illustrated)

As a study in balance of trade, it’s pathetically uneven. The Emerald Isle gets one planeload after another of vacationing American duffers losing $4 golf balls in the dunes of Ballybunion in the south, overpaying caddies at Royal County Down in the north and bellying up at Fodor’s-approved pubs each night to joyfully relive their windblown misery.

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