Rory McIlroy starts 2018 with no more excuses and plenty of expectations

“If I had a career goal, it would be to be the best international golfer ever. Gary Player has nine majors. I’d like to think I’m going to give myself a chance to get close to that tally.” That’s what Rory McIlroy said at the end of 2017.  Three months later, here we are at the start of another PGA Tour season. McIlroy said he hit the reset button on his mind and his body over the break and that he’s going into 2018 fit and in good form on the course. This obviously wasn’t the case last year. McIlroy battled a rib injury for most of the season and said, by the time October rolled around, he was ready to get off the course. “I was excited to be done,” said McIlroy on Tuesday. “I could have shut