TURNBERRY, Scotland — British bookmakers have listed Rory McIlroy as the third favorite at Turnberry, unusual for someone playing in his first British Open as a pro.

Stranger still is that he doesn’t seem fazed, perhaps because his age (20) matches the odds (20-1).

McIlroy already has shown in small doses that he is capable.

He comes from Holywood — a coastal town in Northern Ireland, not to be confused with the glitz of Los Angeles — and already is easily recognized by his freckles and curly brown hair that tumbles out of his cap and over his ears. He made ...

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