The Australian Open attracted one of the biggest crowds ever seen at a tournament in the country with 112,698 swarming over the Royal Melbourne Golf Club layout. Two years earlier, 77,000 watched the mixed-gender event in Sydney. It is impossible to place a figure on how many world No. 2 Rory McIlroy attracted to the event, but the game has not seen this passion for years. Golf lover Andrew Moir spent day two on the magical mystery McIlroy tour.
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