Hoylake: Rory McIlroy has three of the four majors safely in the bag and he is already thinking about adding the final piece of golfing's crown jewels at Augusta National next April.


Rory McIlroy with his British Open trophy. Pic/Getty Images 

The 25-year-old Irishman won the British Open for the first time at Hoylake on Sunday by two strokes from Sergio Garcia and Rickie Fowler. It was less of a margin than the eight strokes he beat the field with to take the 2011 US Open crown and the 2012 US PGA Championship, but it was every bit as valuable.