Can Tin Cup come back at the British Open?

So it looks like amateur Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland will be around on the weekend. He’s slipped well off the lead and is at 2-over after a second round 76. But the cut right now is projected at 5-over, so he’s safe.

But man, it’d be fun if he was still up there, nibbling at the lead. I mean, come on:

Rory McIlroy
Roy “Tin Cup” McAvoy?

They’re from different worlds, but both had a go at a major championship.

As Tin Cup once said - and McIlroy will no doubt realize this some day - “Greatness courts failure.”