Sir, – The critics, even if they are well-known amateur golfers, should leave Rory McIlroy alone. It is ridiculous to hear prominent people say that the young man will make himself “deeply unpopular with many people” because he is talking of playing for Team UK at the next Olympics. I never heard that complaint about Mary Peters! I have heard of a storm in a tea cup, but a hurricane in an egg cup is a new level of small-mindedness, in my view. – Yours, etc,