Major chance for Rory if he can dig deep

MENTAL DRIVE NOT DRIVER MCILROY'S BIGGEST ISSUE AT OAKMONT

- ANDY DUNN

IN TERMS of natural ability and bravura shot-making, Rory Mcllroy will go down as one of the greatest golfers to have played the game.

Of that, there can be little doubt.

And even now, most observers — and fellow profes-sionals — would have him down as the most gifted oper-ator in the modern era, even though the world ranking system has Scottie Scheffler as a runaway number one.

He is certainly the most watchable.

Mcllroy also happens to be one of the most charismatic sportsmen of his generation.

Oh, and in terms of the history books, Mcllroy has a place in an elite chapter, being only one of six golfers to win all four Majors, the Grand Slam.

But his final golfing legacy will, to a large extent, be defined by how he follows up that wonderful achievement in Augusta earlier this year.