Do we already have an heir?

After the decline, unfortunately, of Tiger Woods, it seems that all of North American golf is also on the decline.

The dominance that their players exerted over the world golf, for the moment, has passed to a better life. Europeans, South Africans, Australians, and even Koreans and Japanese are now on their heels and threatening to relegate the great stars competing in the biggest and best-endowed Tour to the role of second best.

Now an almost beardless (22 years old) is also threatening the king’s throne. Rory McIlroy has ceased to be a promise to become a dazzling reality after winning the U.S. Open with overwhelming superiority, without any of his rivals cast their threatening shadow over him. It was his revenge for the Masters.

The young Northern Irishman was serene in triumph, he did not explode with joy. Simply, with a smile still as a child, he hugged his father as if he knew that this is only the first big one that his career has in store for him.

He is already considered Wood’s natural successor, if the Tiger does not one day return to his old ways.

Rory, who won the U.S. Open with 16 under par, a record for an event that has been played 111 times and has brought the best golfers in history to the top, caused a sensation in the international press. Perhaps the best description of him in this tournament was made by The New York Times: “A teenager’s smile, an occasional laugh, a young man plays almost perfect golf and enjoys a walk on the luxurious courses of the Congressional Country Club”.