Rory McIlroy - 5 Time Major Winner and Grandslam legend

coillcam · 29-08-2024 01:14PM

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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 · 31-08-2024 05:45PM

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.

Barnaboy · 04-09-2024 08:47AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122567947#Comment_122567947

Where is that stat from? Strange one as there were less than 30 in the field. But yeah, sinking putts has always been a problem.

bren2001 · 04-09-2024 09:13AM

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There was 30 in the field. Hoge and Bezuidenhout finished T29.

bamayang · 13-09-2024 07:15PM

going well today

big_drive · 14-09-2024 06:19PM

Class golf from McIlroy today

AlanWatts · 19-09-2024 02:08PM

I think the last hole today at BMW really illustrates where McIlroy needs to allow a caddy to come in and overrule him. Maybe Harry isn't that guy, maybe Rory wont let him be. You have got it to -6 and you are facing a very difficult shot but its Thursday. take your winnings and come back tomorrow.

bustercherry · 19-09-2024 02:27PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122633401#Comment_122633401

FFS are we still at this sh1te talk about caddies. No caddy will overrule the player and laying up on par 5s won't win tournaments.

Ultimately, you're bringing bogey into play with the water and it must have been absolutely woeful to go OB right. The reward of birdie or better far outweighs the risk, as there is still a good chance of making par from going in the water. It's a Thursday, no caddy is gonna tell a player of McIlroy's ability, and from the position he's lying, to lay up.

AlanWatts · 19-09-2024 04:40PM

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I'm not suggesting he lay up on all Par 5s. He's 68th in Par 5 scoring this year.

Innish_Rebel · 19-09-2024 04:50PM

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Sorry I think I'll have to disagree on this one - Virtually no pro players will choose to lay up on a par 5 with an iron in their hand… He just hit a terrible shot - missed his target by ~ 30/40 yards, that is hardly the caddies fault, agree with @bustercherry the risk reward on the 18th is a relatively make-able up/down for par if you do go in the water, a high % birdie if you put it on/near the green. The reality is he bogeyed the hole because he hit a (5 I think) iron 30/40 yards off line out of bounds.

Still to be -5 with 2 dropped shots - good shape for the week.

big_drive · 19-09-2024 05:42PM

I was in the grandstand at 18 today, nobody else laid up from the area McIlroy was hitting. he just hit a really poor shot. others had mixed results but many hit the green, the shot was 100% on

bustercherry · 19-09-2024 06:40PM

McIroy with 5 iron in his hand and ability he has, should be worst case in the water. It's not like he was on the 72 hole needing par to win the tournament. It's day one and good chance of another birdie, which could be the difference on sunday.

It's unreal the amount of guff people come out with about caddies and their influence. Some of them are just glorified bag carriers with too much to say, Billy Foster is one such example.