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Rory McIlroy Finds He Can Go Home Again—Even If He Misses the Cut

Rory McIlroy won’t be around for the weekend, but his second-round 65 gave Northern Ireland a reason to cheer and the local star a reason to feel at home.
Michael Rosenberg|
Rory McIlroy Finds He Can Go Home Again—Even If He Misses the Cut
Rory McIlroy Finds He Can Go Home Again—Even If He Misses the Cut
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Michael Rosenberg
MICHAEL ROSENBERG

Michael Rosenberg is a senior writer for Sports Illustrated, covering any and all sports. He writes columns, profiles and feature stories and has covered almost every major sporting event. He joined SI in 2012 after working at the Detroit Free Press for 13 years, eight of them as a columnist. Rosenberg is the author of “War As They Knew It: Woody Hayes, Bo Schembechler and America in a Time of Unrest.” Several of his stories also have been published in collections of the year’s best sportswriting. He is married with three children.