Calkins: Happily, Rory McIlroy is no robot
Rory McIlroy passes out bobbleheads disgorged from a robot on the 9th green during a day of practice rounds at the WGC - FedEx St. Jude Invitational at TPC Southwind on July 24, 2019. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
Geoff Calkins
Geoff Calkins has been chronicling Memphis and Memphis sports for more than two decades. He is host of "The Geoff Calkins Show" from 9-11 a.m. M-F on 92.9 FM. Calkins has been named the best sports columnist in the country five times by the Associated Press sports editors, but still figures his best columns are about the people who make Memphis what it is.
Rory McIlroy got help from a FedEx robot Wednesday. But the way he talked about the raw emotions of the British Open showed his humanity.
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