RealClearSports: McIlroy One 'Tough Guy' in Easy Open
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Art Spander in Rory McIlroy, U.S. Open, articles, golf
By Art Spander
For RealClearSports.com


BETHESDA, Md. — Over the hill at Capitol Hill the Senate was voting to reject the $6 billion credit to ethanol producers. Business as usual. Out on the course, Rory McIlroy was taking the lead in another major. Golf as usual.

There was a story in the New York Times that the pols, from President Obama to Speaker of the House Boehner will not be attending the U.S Open here at inappropriately named Congressional Country Club. "These days they would just as soon not be associated with the game of golf,'' said a long-time lobbyist.

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