Rory McIlroy - 4 Time Major Winner

coillcam

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I think it's hard for anyone in any walk of life who's reached the highest level and dropped off from it. He's clearly at a plateau with such inconsistency (relative to expected potential performance) and unsure of what to do to break through at this point.

Anyone 30s or older who's playing GAA/Football etc will recognise a point where did hit a wall. No matter what you do, you just keep banging at that wall and you just won't get better, faster, stronger etc.

Yet even with that inconsistency and plateau, he's still in the most elite group of golfers year after year albeit without that major. Multiple wins each year, Fedex/DP order of merit, Ryder Cup, high major finishes. There's no one left on tour that has sustained a similar length of top-level performance. In itself, this is remarkable and brings back to the frustration he's feeling.

For all of those things, the money etc he wouldn't give a fiddlers if he could stick another major trophy on the mantlepiece.

boardise

Stats say on putting he's 30th of 30 so far this week. There you have a large part of it. His scrambling from around the green and his bunker play are what keeps him afloat at all.