TROON, Scotland — While four-time major champion Rory McIlroy and Greg Norman have been the competing faces of a heated dispute between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf the past three years, they’re probably more alike — and intricately linked — than either would prefer to admit.Norman won 88 times around the world and was ranked No. 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking for 331 weeks. He captured The Open in 1986 and 1993 but squandered plenty of other opportunities for additional major championship victories during his Hall of Fame career.
Heading into this week’s 152nd Open Championship at Royal Troon Golf Course, McIlroy has piled up 40 worldwide victories, including 26 on the PGA Tour, and has completed three of the four legs of the career Grand Slam — all but the Masters.