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Darren Clarke and Rory McIlroy both feeling relaxed ahead of return to competition

One imagines he has a fan in Lewis Hamilton, our Formula One superhero who at Silverstone railed against the corporate ball and chain forced upon him by McLaren’s relationship with their sponsors. When was the last time Hamilton fished for salmon on the eve of his home grand prix?

“The game is very tough at times,” Clarke said. “You think you’ve got it in the palm of your hand, and then all of a sudden it disappears. For me, the way that I relax and try to get away from it is I do like to have a pint now and again and relax and enjoy myself.”

Clarke’s journey into the unexpected has eased to a degree the plight of Rory McIlroy, who begins his run to the final major of the season, the US PGA in a fortnight, alongside Clarke, Graeme McDowell and Padraig Harrington, the golfing equivalent of the Ring of Kerry.

McIlroy flew from the Cote d’Azur, where he has been cultivating his nascent romance with Danish tennis diva Caroline Wozniacki effectively from behind a screen erected by Clarke’s success. “Just relaxed, chilled out,” said McIlroy when asked about his trip. “Got out of the bad weather at home and just sort of went away and had a few days of sun.”

None felt it necessary to reference his lack of tanned skin.

Perhaps he is conscientious with the factor 50. There was a bashful smile at an inquiry about two taped fingers on his left hand, “what are they from, tennis perhaps?” “Very good,” McIlroy said.

Like Clarke, McIlroy presents, in the main, a rounded self remarkably free of affectations. He wisely stood back from his post-Open comments about seeing no need to amend his game to suit the brutal conditions that routinely attend links golf.

“I was very frustrated coming off the golf course on Sunday," McIlroy said. "If I had had a little more time to think about it I probably would have said something different.

"I was honest and just really said what I felt at the time. I’m going to have to learn how to play in those conditions going forward.”

The conditions could not have been kinder yesterday as he went out in the pro-am with his father, Gerry, and Taoiseach Enda Kenny. McIlroy has played only one tournament since his US Open success seven weeks ago. His game, he said, is shaping nicely. More importantly, his head is where he needs it to be. For that he might raise a glass to Clarke. Cheers Darren.

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Golf isn’t gaming, exactly, though it’s one of a many world-class attractions a city has to offer alongside four-star restaurants, mythological spas and second-to-none shopping, all beckoning tourists and gathering goers to come to Las Vegas and stay awhile.

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“If people are honest with themselves, 90 percent play golf given it’s an eventuality for self-improvement,” says Larry Murphy, boss of housing investigate organisation SalesTraq, who plays twice a week. “I’m 67 though we exclude to trust my best golf is behind me. Golfers are optimistic. They always consider their best golf is brazen of them given they can study, use and get smarter.

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