Why Rory McIlroy should win Sports Personality of the Year | Ewan Murray
Logic says the golfer should have the edge over F1’s Lewis Hamilton because the key is in the award’s title and the Northern Irishman’s sport has more of an impact on youth of today• World No1 joint second in World Tour Championship• Briton wins in Abu Dhabi to take Formula One title
Nobody can secure longevity at the summit of a sport without first learning to handle the knock-on life impact. Rory McIlroy acknowledges as much. Just one of the reasons the Northern Irishman is more complete now, as a golfer and a person, than when he first shot to rankings prominence in 2012 comes as a result of the acceptance of what life now involves.
“I used to be uncomfortable,” McIlroy explains. “You get to the point where there’s added scrutiny and there’s added criticism or whatever it is but I learned to deal with it. It’s just part of the title now, world No1. That’s what it comes with. I’ve become comfortable with it.
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