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NEWS

BY DEREK CLEMENTS

RORY’S BACK
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

M

uch nonsense has been
written about Rory McIlroy
during the past 12 months,
with everything from his Nike clubs
to his relationship with tennis player
Caroline Wozniacki blamed for his
indifferent form.
It seems to me that the reason for
McIlroy's travails is pretty obvious. If
he just focused on his golf, everything
would have been fine. Instead, he has

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allowed those around him to give him
advice that, at best, was questionable.
I don't have the foggiest idea why he
and Horizon Sports Management
fell out after such a short period of
time together. On the face of it, they
did pretty well for him, securing the
Nike deal that took him into the Tiger
Woods earning league.
McIlroy left Chubby Chandler's ISM,
which looks after the likes of Lee
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