BETHESDA, Md. — This was hardly the luck of the Irish. Luck had nothing to do with the record-shattering performance for the ages Rory McIlroy put the finishing touches on yesterday. This was old-school, wire-to-wire dominance on the part of McIlroy, who dismantled the 111th U.S. Open field and Congressional’s supposedly intimidating Blue Course en route to a shocking eight-shot victory. McIlroy, the 22-year-old from Northern Ireland, took an eight-shot lead into the final round and played like he was [...]

BETHESDA, Md. — When Tiger Woods was en route to winning 14 major championships faster than anyone in the history of the game — remember that? — he was so dominant, his competitors used to wonder if he were playing the same golf course they were. Before Woods came along, fellow competitors used to wonder the same thing about Jack Nicklaus. Now along comes Rory McIlroy, who has been in such utter command of his game through the first two [...]