Golf dominates all the sporting pages this Saturday. The Open over at St Andrews proved a nightmare for Rory McIlroy yesterday after making history on the day previous with his round of 63. On Friday he battled the weather and lost, carding a dismal 80 as he fought his way around the Old Course.
The back page of the Irish Daily Mail has a picture of him lying on his back with his arms outstretched, accompanied by the headline “Rory blown off courseâ€. The Mirror, Star and Sun all have variations of the same photo.
Of course, there is other news out there, and the news that GAA President Christy Cooney has said that he wanted there to be a Louth-Meath replay means that last weekend’s big sporting story (we’ll gloss over the World Cup Final) doesn’t look like dying down just yet.
As the Indo reports, Cooney has also said that he plans to get tough with spectators who launch pitch invasions and warned that life bans are in the offing for the Louth supporters who attacked referee Martin Sludden.
The Sun reports on Chelsea’s final bid for Liverpool’s Fernando Torres, and the Star has a shot of new Bhoy Daryl Murphy in his new Celtic kit following his move from Sunderland to the Glasgow team.
