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Rory McIlroy's trip makes deep impact

Originally Published: June 14, 2011
By Gene Wojciechowski | ESPN.com

BETHESDA, Md. -- He still doesn't know her name. She was 4 or 5 years old, had a smile as bright as halogen headlights and didn't quite know what to make of the curly haired Northern Irishman who visited her tiny school in still earthquake-devastated Haiti.

But Rory McIlroy will never forget her. He won't forget anything about last week's trip to the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, where the 22-year-old spent two days with his jaw dropped and his senses overwhelmed.

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