“SNORY” RORY MCILROY’S near timekeeping miss set the perfect tone for the most dramatic final day in Ryder Cup history.
The world number one on Tuesday paid tribute to deputy police chief Pat Rollins, the “chauffeur” who rushed him to Medinah Country Club minutes before his tee-time on Sunday afternoon, and tweeted a picture of the two with the fitting hashtag #betterlatethannever.
Had McIlroy been two minutes late teeing off, he would have forfeited the opening hole of his singles match against Keegan Bradley; had he been been ten minutes late, he would have risked disqualification and could have lost the match.
In the end McIlroy’s point against Bradley was crucial as Europe completed a remarkable comeback to win by a single point, 14.5-13.5. You might say that Rollins and his colleagues in the police department were responsible for the American defeat, but he doesn’t mind.
“The competition was on the course, not the road,” Rollins told the BBC. ”I’m getting ribbed on both sides of it, but in the end I’m proud of the Lombard Police Department.
“We did the right thing and we would have done it for either team.”
