Shane Lowry was disappointed not to become the first man to shoot 61 in the major but he insists he will draw on all his experience when he bids to win the PGA Championship and his second Major title at Valhalla on Sunday.

Rory McIlroy has been no stranger to drama throughout his career but like many of the sporting greats of the past, he’s been able to use outside distractions to soar to even greater heights.

Rory McIlroy had a quiver in his voice throughout as questions about his private life were banned in his brief media conference ahead of the PGA Championship at Valhalla.

Rory McIlroy’s victory in darkness at the 2014 PGA Championship in Valhalla Golf Club, resisting the rallies of local favourites Phil Mickelson and Rickie Fowler in a rain-delayed final round, was the Northern Irishman’s most recent in a major. However, it was not the last time nor the first time someone from the Old Country left an imprint in Valhalla and Kentucky.