{"id":554769,"date":"2026-07-17T17:54:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T17:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/554769\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T17:54:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T17:54:07","slug":"rory-mcilroy-driver-at-royal-birkdale-can-big-hitting-save-his-open-irish-independent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/554769\/","title":{"rendered":"Rory McIlroy driver at Royal Birkdale: can big hitting save his Open? &#8211; Irish Independent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi_wFBVV95cUxQOWVYODJqSUdJN2pwblg4cTBRR0VXQkRkNlZDb0VXTVBLUGtyVlRmelFCT3d0OHlma2hXUENqR1lFUkpHNjBrUURNR3V2emdnMFpRcHMycFprS25QeGl3emowZnFlR0ltX2l5LWJObDVOQ2FfeU4wdVV0ZkFadlgzdnhhLWk1WUFValc3T0YyYmduRFhwTFAteHk1andVN1BWRDZnN3RkZi0yTFhOS1ZJdzRnejVxdVZ5OVVfaXZybVZVSkROajBtY1BCWmVUTGNpQjRpc0Q0d1RIdlJZUGROZGRkYUVxWWlsQ3hnVlQxRUptWFViYW12LWdwSllSSFk?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rory McIlroy driver at Royal Birkdale: can big hitting save his Open?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Irish Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi5gFBVV95cUxNc2JKcXpCRmMxR25GaGFDZk5jdm00elZvb3YtNGxCQ1UtdnNvNXRTTDVvNndfdndsMmltVmNnc1lwdkxKaFQwLUhsZzAtWnBRejExRWxmUUtMUkdQLTdhbWdmN3JDYlhRQkVCbW5QaXJjaG5zZi1KM0xPcmllbXdFQkd0bWVqaEFxdE1DcWNXZ3FIcUxRcHpQeFptNWFmWlU3MWZad1NsQ1l5WFBMOFg4X3luejJTM3ZVQm5iV1U0Qi02b0ZubVk0Z1Rvbkl3TWFlM2hZS3l0em92Y054X0xrT0VxaUZQZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rory McIlroy ready to attack Royal Birkdale with driver in hope of rallying for Open title challenge<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Sky Sports<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimgFBVV95cUxPbzJuQ3ZYWnRsQmtVUkFmelpNckR6M09MbzJKck1ITnZXU2FZeWZhQkFaVER6SndHYkNWS1VfQ0hsLUl0UV9JMXBoeXFoZFpDT0YyWk5RRWhoQjNCblA4NUFuMXJObEZxRDlCcms5clplZjJlY0Vkcnh1SWxhWVQtR3hfek1mb1FjRWJod2dvb2Y2UU8yMVlUYjNB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Putting woes leave McIlroy well off Open pace<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RTE.ie<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMia0FVX3lxTE1Kei1WVTFIRmlqcTJLT3BNU2xFY0wxdy1XNDlZenY4bzJRMGZfUS1yMmlBdF9fZFJMSjQ5azhyYzE3dS1ZbjBuQ2VRelE0dURUZ2VrVmVfN2pIakFMNDN4dE5aWm45VjVHLXpj?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rory McIlroy hopeful of recovery at The Open after \u2018stupid mistakes\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The 42<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiYkFVX3lxTFBJRVRJUVBvM2MtY3ZacklpRlFZMmRoNGVDcERvam55cEJjZjhhWVNScmFFMHNMVVhNcGJjZWpwZlBCV0tPa25Yc0UwUEhITG1lN1h6NWgzeDZIQXF3YXVxZENR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Open: Rory McIlroy admits &#8216;too many stupid mistakes&#8217; cost him in ragged opening round<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rory McIlroy driver at Royal Birkdale: can big hitting save his Open?&nbsp;&nbsp;Irish IndependentRory McIlroy ready to attack Royal&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":500322,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":["post-554769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=554769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554769\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/500322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=554769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=554769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=554769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}