Last Sunday, four days after his 32nd birthday, Rory McIlroy won the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow in North Carolina. It’s the third time he’s won the event, and his 19th win overall on the PGA Tour, including four major championships. All in 196 events played. These are Hall-of-Fame statistics. By the time he turned 32, Phil Mickelson – one of the dozen or so best golfers of all time – had won 21 events in 277 attempts, with zero majors (he has since won five). In the post-round interview, McIlroy was on the verge of tears. It was…

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