Chicago Fans Don't You Dare Go Bartman On Us: Rory's Angel Chauffeur Revealed
/Colin Murray interviews (BBC 5 Live audio here) Patrick Rollins, deputy chief of Illinois Lombard Police Department, who got Rory McIlroy to the Ryder Cup just in time for the World No. 1's match against Keegan Bradley.
“He looked stunned, anxious and looked like a lot was going through his mind like I would have been,” said Rollins. “So I asked him if he’d be okay with me driving because of the possibility of motion sickness.”
McIlroy said: “No, just get me there. Get me there.”
Quoth Rollins: “He was very composed, but I kept reassuring him we’d get to the course on time. I believe it was 11 a.m. when he got in the car and we must have gotten to the club in 30 minutes. It’s hard to gauge.”
Rollins radioed ahead to traffic posts, used his sirens to bust-up traffic at one juncture and got McIlroy to the golf course in the nick of time.
The rest is history.
This better not happen.
