Rory McIlroy and Darren Clarke will both be trying to become the first European in over 20 years to win the PGA Grand Slam when they tee off in Bermuda on Tuesday.
Rory McIlroy (L) and Darren Clarke (R).
Rory McIlroy and Darren Clarke will both be trying to become the first European in over 20 years to win the PGA Grand Slam when they tee off in Bermuda on Tuesday.
The event, played over 36 holes, features the winners of the four majors - in this case McIlroy, this year's US Open winner, Clarke, the reigning Open champion, South African Charl Schwartzel, the 2011 Masters champion, and American Keegan Bradley, the US PGA winner - and takes place in scenic Bermuda over a two-day period.
For McIlroy, the struggle will be overcoming jet lag, as the US Open champ was in China last week for the seven-day, seven-city, China Challenge alongside Lee Westwood, Ian Poulter and Liang Wen-chong.
McIlroy tweeted after that event's completion on Sunday (he finished last of the four, while Westwood won in a play-off against Liang): "My great Chinese adventure has ended.
"Now mentally preparing myself for 20 hours in the air from Hong Kong to Bermuda!"
The last European to win the Grand Slam was Ian Woosnam, who beat Ian Baker-Finch, Payne Stewart and John Daly back in 1991.
Padraig Harrington has come closest in recent times, finishing runner-up in 2007 and 2008 to Angel Cabrera and Jim Furyk respectively.
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