Radio reviews: ‘Rory McIlroy’s lost major gave us a glimpse into our old friend, the human condition’

Rory McIlroy endured a heartbreaking end to the US Open. Photo: Getty

Declan Lynch

A friend of mine, who is a very bad golfer, will watch the great tournaments on TV and replay the best bits as they happen. But for him the best bits are not the 350-yard drives, the stunning escapes from impossible positions, the perfect bunker shots...

No, what he loves is to see these unbelievably talented players missing short putts – the shorter the better. ­Absurdly short, if possible. He can play back that stuff all day long; it makes him feel that he shares some common humanity with these otherwise extraterrestrial creatures.