Rory McIlroy keeps focus on bigger picture before Open homecoming

McIlroy will contest The Open at childhood course Royal Portrush but is keen to emphasise the wider context of a major being played in Northern IrelandWhen Rory McIlroy says he is treating this like any other Open Championship it is not clear who he thinks he is kidding. Maybe he is more worried about persuading himself than he is anyone else, that it is his way of coping with all the emotional pressure he feels about playing here in what he has repeatedly described as one of the most important