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Rory McIlroy - 4 Time Major Winner
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He said it at the time. He didn't ever want to go through that feeling again. His declared method of dealing with it is to keep his mind on each shot and nothing else. At the masters he let the other thoughts about winning into his head and it completely overwhelmed him.Then how do these winners become winners?
Is someones first win just downright luck then?
What about when Rory threw it away in 2010? What gave him the belief between then and his first Major?
That's choking.
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In fairness Sergio has picked himself up many many times and come back fighting.
He may have been caught at a low ebb when he made that quote. But he's still clearly competing in majors and clearly wants to win one. Maybe he feels he has a better chance of winning one if he gets the press to think he doesn't think he can. Maybe that eases the external pressure somewhat and lets him concentrate on golf instead of giving endless interviews where he has to explain why he hasn't won one and when is he going to win one.
I don't even particularly like Sergio, but the casual dismissal of his efforts is harsh.
I do like Sergio and I started it all off by saying it was unfortunate that he seems to have issues with self belief.
Agree 100% that that was a low point and I wouldn't expect him to say the same again.
But it's something that he did say and I think that shows a major
mental weakness. Even at a low point, most wouldn't think it, never mind say it.
It just shows a frailty that seems inbuilt.
Still think he can win a major and I'd love to see it happen.0 -
I do like Sergio and I started it all off by saying it was unfortunate that he seems to have issues with self belief.
Agree 100% that that was a low point and I wouldn't expect him to say the same again.
But it's something that he did say and I think that shows a major mental weakness. Even at a low point, most wouldn't think it, never mind say it.
It just shows a frailty that seems inbuilt.
Still think he can win a major and I'd love to see it happen.
Ah yeah I suppose you did in fairness.
But just as you say that his best chance of winning a major is coming from behind, maybe his best chance of winning a major is getting the press off his back and focussing on his golf. If I was him or Westwood I'd consider also changing my name and wearing a disguise, just to get a break from those interminable interviews about not winning majors. Must be absolute torture for them.0 -
SnowDrifts wrote: »Rory just completes a stunning triple and gets 2 majors in the space of a month and all the talk on this thread is about choking! Gotta love the Irish!!
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Irish at their happiest when putting something or someone down dont you know 0 -
Or having a interesting discussion about the sport.Irish at their happiest when putting something or someone down dont you know
What someone says publicly and what they are thinking are unrelated.I do like Sergio and I started it all off by saying it was unfortunate that he seems to have issues with self belief.
Agree 100% that that was a low point and I wouldn't expect him to say the same again.
But it's something that he did say and I think that shows a major mental weakness. Even at a low point, most wouldn't think it, never mind say it.
It just shows a frailty that seems inbuilt.
Still think he can win a major and I'd love to see it happen.
Only Sergio knows how Sergio reacts abd feels under pressure, despite what he may say publicly.
Why on earth would he keep playing if he really thinks he can't win one? For the glory of second place, the money?
No because he wants to win and thinks he can.0 -
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So for the rest of the year how do we see it all panning out for Rory...
I didn't think he'd pull it off last week. Yes he had the ability to, but two wins on the bounce takes it out of you mentally more than physically from what I've seen in the past.
That is what was quite impressive...will he finish it off with the fedex cup? Now that would be the icing on what is now a fantastic year for him. A top 5 result next week I think would be another solid result. Can't be expecting him to win every week.
It really depends on how he feels. A slog like the last four weeks could take it out of you, but apparently he said he could have played another eighteen holes when he finished on Sunday night (probably because of all the rests he got between holes
). The FedEx Cup is another slog but the last time he was in good form, he won the PGA had an iffy Barclays and won the BMW and the Deutsche Bank but couldn't keep it going through the Tour Championship.
He may feel he's got unfinished business there...0 -
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