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Irish Mirror
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Robert Hynes

Why is Rory McIlroy not wearing a hat at the Olympics?

A number of golf fans have been asking why Rory McIlroy is not wearing a hat at the Olympics.

The Hollywood native usually sports a cap at every event he plays in, but has not worn one in Tokyo.

But there's a simple explanation as to why he's not, with McIlroy saying: "My head is so small that I have to get Nike to make me custom hats, so whenever I'm in a team event and the hats aren't custom, they're all too big."

Meanwhile, the former world number one admits he was wrong about the Olympics.

"I’ve been thinking about that, and I need to give things a chance," said McIlroy, a little ruefully.

"I was speaking about it with my wife last night and I was like, ‘maybe I shouldn’t be so quick to judge’.

"I need to do a better job of giving things a chance, experiencing things and not writing them off at a glance.

"That’s sort of a trait of mine but I’m happy to be proven wrong. I was proven wrong about the Ryder Cup and I’m happy to be proven wrong this week."

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