Rory McIlroy admits that a fear of missing out fuelled his decision to change tack on Olympic ambitions and declare himself available to represent Ireland at the Games in Tokyo in 2020. "At the start, whenever I was thinking of playing the Olympics, I let other people's opinions weigh on that decision. “The only people that really care about who I play for, who I represent, don't mean anything to me. “Yeah, I certainly don't really want to start getting into politics and religion and that kind of stuff. I don't really want to get into that stuff.

Source: Irish Examiner July 17, 2019 16:52 UTC