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12 reasons to root for Rory McIlroy

Updated: June 21, 2011, 2:23 PM ET
By Kevin Maguire | ESPN.com

BETHESDA, Md. -- Know many 22-year-olds who have won millions around the world playing a sport for a living that spend a few days in earthquake-ravaged Haiti before one of their biggest weeks of the year? Me neither.

That's one of the reasons Rory McIlroy seems to be universally praised after his record-breaking 8-shot victory at the 111th U.S. Open on Sunday at Congressional Country Club.

Here are a few more.

A quick study After his well-documented ...

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2011 U.S. OPEN

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