:00:26. > :00:29.I have won the US Open. I would like to win the British Open.
:00:29. > :00:39.you have success, it makes me determined to go on and achieve
:00:39. > :00:43.
:00:43. > :00:51.more. If the stars Earline, I will be good enough to win the British
:00:51. > :01:01.Open. -- a line. As long as I practise and stay focused, I am in
:01:01. > :01:25.
:01:25. > :01:30.Welcome to Sandwich. Only two Irishmen have won the British Open.
:01:30. > :01:35.Could we have the third added this year? Northern Ireland has two
:01:36. > :01:45.outstanding candidates. They are both in the world's top 10 and have
:01:45. > :01:55.won a major championships within the last year. Walwyn McIlroy and
:01:55. > :01:56.
:01:56. > :02:01.Graeme McDowell. -- Rory McIlroy. First to Rory, who arrived here as
:02:01. > :02:11.a 22-year-old, have rapidly on the price. Since he lifted that trophy
:02:11. > :02:13.
:02:13. > :02:23.just outside Washington last month, it has been a whirlwind few weeks.
:02:23. > :02:33.
:02:33. > :02:43.This guy is the best player in the I have seen my face on all the
:02:43. > :02:57.
:02:57. > :03:07.I need to speak to mum. Try and win the house -- try and ring up the
:03:07. > :03:19.
:03:19. > :03:29.We met a very nice policeman from Ireland. He ended up taking me in
:03:29. > :03:37.
:03:37. > :03:47.I am tired, but it will be nice to get a bit of sleep. I have got
:03:47. > :03:53.
:03:53. > :04:03.another bit to do and then I will Let us get it back to where it
:04:03. > :04:10.
:04:11. > :04:20.belongs for the second year in a It is nice to be home. It doesn't
:04:21. > :04:46.
:04:46. > :04:56.Come on. Here! Get up, get up! I can't believe I have created so
:04:56. > :04:59.
:04:59. > :05:04.much of bars. -- so much of a buzz. It has been nice to go home and let
:05:04. > :05:10.it all sink in. It has been great. I'm really looking forward to
:05:10. > :05:16.getting back out on the golf course now. I am excited about this week.
:05:16. > :05:25.It feels as if I am playing really well. I am excited to get back and
:05:25. > :05:30.compete. It is great. Everyone is still really interested. Rory's
:05:30. > :05:40.Diaby has been a fall, including two visits to the Royal Box at
:05:40. > :05:45.
:05:45. > :05:51.Wimbledon. And a chat with Piers Morgan. A trip to Stormont and a
:05:51. > :05:59.return to his old school. This is something I am going to have to
:05:59. > :06:06.deal with, but it is nice to have the support. The expectation is a
:06:06. > :06:12.big thing, so I just have to go out and play. More media people want
:06:12. > :06:19.more from him and our job is to get as many of those requests done as
:06:19. > :06:24.we can. People want to know he's thoughts on various things. It's
:06:24. > :06:31.also to give him a chance to be a 22-year-old and have time with his
:06:32. > :06:38.family and friends. Rory is receiving the kind of high reserved
:06:38. > :06:48.for Tiger Woods. His downfall has left a gap and many believe that
:06:48. > :06:53.
:06:53. > :07:01.Rory is the one to fill it. Tiger Woods has got 14 majors and I have
:07:01. > :07:09.only got one. I had prepared well and played some practice rounds a
:07:09. > :07:15.last week. I met expectations are high. I have high expectations of
:07:15. > :07:25.myself off. I know I can come here and win. Whether it's by eight
:07:25. > :07:40.
:07:40. > :07:48.shots again, I am not sure. I need And will reap he's off tomorrow
:07:48. > :07:57.morning at about 9:10am. His career has been monitored by Jack Nicklaus,
:07:57. > :08:07.a winner of 18 majors. I caught up with him, he told me about his
:08:07. > :08:10.
:08:10. > :08:20.growing admiration for the young man. I met him after the US Open. I
:08:20. > :08:22.
:08:22. > :08:32.asked him what he learnt from a winning? -- winning? It's time to
:08:32. > :08:33.
:08:33. > :08:36.figure out the best way to win. He is now the US Open champion. He is
:08:36. > :08:45.basically the top player in the world. He may not be ranked there,
:08:45. > :08:52.but he is there. If you take that responsibility, now you have got
:08:52. > :08:57.youth and people and the public looking up to you. You have to
:08:57. > :09:02.think about how you go about being the player you are an been a role-
:09:02. > :09:07.model for young kids to come along. I'm sure he can handle that really
:09:07. > :09:17.well and the pressure. But the pressure is what we live for. I
:09:17. > :09:20.
:09:20. > :09:25.told him you want pressure on you all the time. There is no fun the
:09:25. > :09:31.finishing 20th on the 18th green. You want the pressure of coming
:09:31. > :09:40.down to the 18th hole with a chance of winning all the time. You want
:09:40. > :09:45.people to say, that is our man. I hope Rory goes that way because he
:09:45. > :09:53.is great for the game of golf. We need a young blood in the game and
:09:53. > :10:00.he is a breath of fresh air. -- young blood. One man who knows
:10:00. > :10:05.about the pressure of playing in a major air is Graeme McDowell. He
:10:05. > :10:15.said the last year has been the most incredible of his life. He won
:10:15. > :10:19.
:10:19. > :10:23.the US Open, was in the Ryder cup and one even beat Tiger Woods. He
:10:23. > :10:29.now resides in America and that is where we caught up with him.
:10:29. > :10:34.Florida is the adopted home for Graeme McDowell. He has been based
:10:34. > :10:42.in Orlando for the last six years and it has proved to be the perfect
:10:42. > :10:51.location for him. This is my dry- cleaning! He is as busy off the
:10:51. > :10:56.course as he he's on it. He is getting ready to move house. Before
:10:56. > :11:03.I moved into the new place I will give this garage a good clear-out.
:11:03. > :11:13.A lot of my staff will probably go to one of the junior golf clubs, or
:11:13. > :11:13.
:11:13. > :11:17.I may ship some of it homes. -- home. There has been a lot of stuff
:11:17. > :11:26.coming through the door over the past couple of years. It is just
:11:26. > :11:36.crazy. This need a really good clear-out and I'm looking forward
:11:36. > :11:46.to moving into the new place. This was a lot of fun here. The Ryder
:11:46. > :11:49.
:11:49. > :11:56.cup motif is on it. UK and probably we around 18 holes in 90 minutes.
:11:57. > :12:06.Myself and Rory have joked about playing the Ryder Cup together. We
:12:07. > :12:08.
:12:08. > :12:12.had the wigs on and it was great fun. I always joked that if I could
:12:12. > :12:17.slipstream Rory for a few years I would be happy. Little did I know
:12:17. > :12:23.that I would be the first one out of the two of us to win a major
:12:23. > :12:33.championship. And doing so changed his life for ever. Graeme is one of
:12:33. > :12:59.
:12:59. > :13:09.the most in-demand players in the Trying to stretch my legs out a
:13:09. > :13:19.
:13:19. > :13:29.This wasn't just a round of golf with his friends. It was an
:13:29. > :13:35.official function as a 2010 US Open champion. I feel a kind answered a
:13:35. > :13:42.lot of questions in the last few months, the last year. You imagined
:13:42. > :13:48.you reach one of the greatest peaks and goals in your career. I feel as
:13:48. > :13:58.though I have backed it up substantially. You have got 280 to
:13:58. > :14:02.
:14:02. > :14:05.the front. 210-that got there. Helping him handle the added stress
:14:05. > :14:15.of the last year is the man who has probably spent more time with him
:14:15. > :14:18.
:14:18. > :14:24.than anybody else. It is his caddy, Kenney. He is an integral part of
:14:24. > :14:29.my team. One of the most important members. He sees every shot and how
:14:29. > :14:35.I react to them. He sees how I prepare and how we get ready. He is
:14:35. > :14:45.as close to me as anybody. He gives me the neutral, unbiased opinion on
:14:45. > :14:47.
:14:47. > :14:56.things. It has been an amazing year. It seems to have flown by. You know,
:14:56. > :15:02.Graeme McDowell, the US Open champion. Hi, nice to meet you.
:15:02. > :15:07.Everything that goes along, the media commitments, everything that
:15:07. > :15:13.goes along with being a major champion. I have to make sure I
:15:13. > :15:23.prioritise and get my work done and that I am ready. Another visit is
:15:23. > :15:46.
:15:46. > :15:52.This is not my playlist, I promise! I feel very lucky to be doing the
:15:53. > :16:00.job we are doing. This is a great world in which we live it. I get to
:16:00. > :16:05.fly around the world on a jet every now and again and play golf on the
:16:05. > :16:13.best golf courses. I am very fortunate. I love what I do. I
:16:13. > :16:18.certainly don't feel like I take it for granted. So many guys live in
:16:18. > :16:28.Orlando. We get together and we share the Transport and it really
:16:28. > :16:31.
:16:31. > :16:38.makes life easy. Graeme's new house will be completed very soon. This
:16:38. > :16:44.is my game room. It will be a bar area and I will have raised snooker
:16:44. > :16:48.table here in the corner, and a William NICE bar in the corner. You
:16:48. > :16:58.know, entertainment. He has been overseeing the project for Breaux
:16:58. > :17:01.
:17:01. > :17:06.Greer. -- 4-over a year. When they ask me, I thought, you know, I had
:17:06. > :17:13.a few tournaments but... A few months later, the US Open. I
:17:13. > :17:18.thought, I will have to redesign this area. The suitcase comes in
:17:18. > :17:22.through here. It comes in through my main laundry area. We will have
:17:23. > :17:28.a little island here whether suitcase can go on to it and
:17:28. > :17:33.straight into the laundry. This will be my storage area because
:17:33. > :17:38.packing and unpacking is a huge part of my life and I want to have
:17:38. > :17:44.a customer area that makes that easier. It will be a great room and
:17:44. > :17:52.a very important room. Good to hear you do your laundry! I do it every
:17:52. > :17:57.now and again. It is a Florida house so it is very much about the
:17:57. > :18:07.outdoors. A nice space in the corner where I would like to have a
:18:07. > :18:10.
:18:10. > :18:16.half basketball court with a tube. -- with a hoop. My mum and dad will
:18:16. > :18:26.probably be out here for around eight weeks of the year. Part of
:18:26. > :18:27.
:18:27. > :18:35.her lifestyle now is two or three warm holidays a year. Stress is a
:18:35. > :18:40.big part of my life and my mum is a mum's mum. She never stops. When
:18:40. > :18:48.she comes to Orlando, she lays out by the pool and catch of the few
:18:49. > :18:53.rays. And it is so good for her. -- and catches a few rays. She will be
:18:53. > :19:03.making regular visits out here and it is so good for a health. Port
:19:03. > :19:08.Rush will always be home for me. No doubt about it. Family, friends.
:19:08. > :19:12.Six years ago, when I bought my first home here, it was somewhere I
:19:12. > :19:19.could come and it is the same now. Somewhere to practise and to base
:19:19. > :19:26.myself. My love of the place has grown and I have invested more in
:19:27. > :19:35.myself with my dream home. It is not about starting to settle down,
:19:35. > :19:43.is it? No. I am a single man but rare and getting on. I am 31 years
:19:43. > :19:49.old. I am sure my family and my manager would like to see me settle
:19:49. > :19:54.down. It is great. I am enjoying my life now. I have been so busy and I
:19:54. > :19:59.have thrown myself into my career over the last five, six years. You
:19:59. > :20:03.cannot be nomadic and spend your life on an aeroplane. You cannot
:20:03. > :20:09.just have a good time. You have to settle down and have a bit of
:20:09. > :20:16.balance in the world. But for now, his focus is on winning golf's
:20:16. > :20:26.biggest prize. I have won the US Open. I would love to win v British
:20:26. > :20:27.
:20:27. > :20:33.Open. It would be great for the home fans and on a home golf course.
:20:34. > :20:40.I have been there at a few of the Opens. But I am excited and I
:20:40. > :20:50.always believe I am good enough to win the British Open if the stars a
:20:50. > :20:52.
:20:52. > :20:57.line and you hold your putt at the right time. In fact, the winner in
:20:57. > :21:07.2003 lives just up there. I will certainly be asking them to show me
:21:07. > :21:12.the way around St Georges. He has been practising here since Monday,
:21:12. > :21:17.unlike Rory, who left a little later and decided to fine-tune his
:21:17. > :21:23.preparation at home in Northern Ireland. And why do not, when you
:21:23. > :21:31.have got your own practice facility in your own back garden. The lawns
:21:31. > :21:37.are manicured to absolute perfection. It is built and
:21:37. > :21:43.maintained to the standard of a Championship course. And he employs
:21:44. > :21:53.one full-time and one part-time greenkeeper. This is the driver t
:21:53. > :22:03.box. I have got another just up here. The other side of the hedge
:22:03. > :22:04.
:22:04. > :22:10.is the other one. And I have got two greens at 125, one at 150, one
:22:10. > :22:18.at 185 and one and 200. I can hit in different directions and
:22:18. > :22:24.different wind directions as well. It is nice to be able to do that. I
:22:24. > :22:29.have got this bunker here, so again, I have got bunkers you would find
:22:29. > :22:37.in America. Physically it is everything I need. Every golfer's
:22:37. > :22:45.dream. Darren Clarke was here last night for the first time. He loved
:22:45. > :22:55.it. It is great. Not too bad. The weather is turning a bit. See you
:22:55. > :22:59.
:22:59. > :23:03.later. As you can see, it's a bit deeper than usual. But higher will
:23:03. > :23:13.be spending a lot of time in it over the next few days leading up
:23:13. > :23:18.
:23:18. > :23:26.to the Open. -- but I will. Are you going to show us? In yes. It really
:23:26. > :23:29.is a fantastic facility. Rory mention Darren Clarke, and he has
:23:29. > :23:38.the third representative from Northern Ireland in the Open. He
:23:38. > :23:47.has come close to winning before. Second in 1997 and third in 2001.
:23:47. > :23:54.It is good to be back here again. But the Open is the best tournament.
:23:54. > :24:00.The course is fantastic. Not as much rough as before. But higher
:24:00. > :24:10.unsure if we get a bit of breeze like this it will be great. -- but
:24:10. > :24:12.
:24:12. > :24:19.I am sure. I want to try and get back in and compete. I was probably
:24:19. > :24:25.trying a bit too hard previously to back up my win. With the others
:24:25. > :24:31.playing well, I want to try to get myself in there. My game is good
:24:31. > :24:36.enough, I think, to win one. In terms of your own game, I believe I
:24:36. > :24:46.can get up there and win one. If I didn't think that, I would not be
:24:46. > :24:47.
:24:47. > :24:57.here. I have not managed to dig anything out of it yet. I should be
:24:57. > :24:58.
:24:58. > :25:05.able to get in and practice. But he is already OK with his win and the
:25:05. > :25:15.US Open. He will get better and better. It is a proud time for golf
:25:15. > :25:15.
:25:15. > :26:10.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 55 seconds
:26:10. > :26:20.back home? It is great, the way I feel a bit strange. Can you stand
:26:20. > :26:21.
:26:21. > :26:26.there? The first name to receive this honorary degree, Graeme was
:26:26. > :26:30.the first name. He has had an incredible impact on his sport. He
:26:30. > :26:37.is somebody who has excelled. And you cannot underestimate the impact
:26:37. > :26:46.it will have on the sport and on tourism -- tourism. His courage to
:26:46. > :26:56.take on the world and beat it is un matched -- is matched by his
:26:56. > :27:01.
:27:01. > :27:06.humility. Those tournaments, it doesn't mean a thing now. This is
:27:06. > :27:16.the proudest day of my life. I have always wanted to see him get his
:27:16. > :27:18.
:27:18. > :27:28.degree and now he has his very own. When he went to Queen's in Belfast,
:27:28. > :27:32.
:27:32. > :27:38.I was so proud. After a year, he decided to go off and get a sports
:27:38. > :27:47.scholarship. He said, I will come back home and go back. Here we are
:27:47. > :27:51.today, 10 years down the line, and he has made me very proud.
:27:51. > :27:56.Definitely one of my proudest moments today, along with my MBE.
:27:56. > :28:03.It is a very exciting day. I never had the chance to graduate from
:28:03. > :28:11.college. Much to my mother's disappointment! Sue really wanted
:28:11. > :28:18.to always come to a graduation ceremony. -- she wanted. It is a
:28:18. > :28:23.wonderful day for me. I am not a real doctor. I can't be writing
:28:23. > :28:31.prescriptions or anything like that. It is an honorary title. I don't
:28:31. > :28:41.think I will be using the title doctor in any correspondence.
:28:41. > :28:42.
:28:42. > :28:47.looked fantastic. But can he added the title of Open champion to his
:28:47. > :28:52.CV? We will find out over the next four days, and you won't miss a