Rory McIlroy - 4 Time Major Winner

You could have written the same post at any stage over the past 8 years, yet nothing has changed/improved. It’s still the same, flashes of brilliance mixed with flashes of mediocrity or even downright bad play. Until he sorts out the obvious issues with his game, he will struggle to win anymore majors. Major winners rarely have 4 great rounds, but they also rarely have 1-2 bad rounds and still win.

Almost certainly, he's achieved almost everything in the game apart from the masters, he's already got a hall of fame career at 32. Has a great perspective on life. He's a big family man, I've no doubt he'd pick his family over winning the masters or any other major.

He's part of the pack now - the pack being the top 10 or so players. I also don't buy into (mainly Sky's) the whole Rory is unbeatable at his best line.

That is fair comment.Golf is a strange game and ‘form’ is everything.

In a field of 70 or 80 there is almost always some ‘unknown’ who will shoot the lights out.

McIlroy I feel sometimes tries too hard and forces the shots, I mean a 350 yd drive is no advantage if you don’t hit the green with the approach.

Sometimes I feel he would be better in cruise control for a while and let the course come to him, avoid the double bogeys rather than foot to the floor on every hole.

Attack when the opportunity arises yes.

His drive almost out of bounds in Bay Hill and then the provisional into the water is a good example.

Look what Cam Smith did on the 18 th in Sawgrass…into the water with his second from trees, didn’t panic , got his up and down for a one shot win.

Yes Agree. Not on Cam though like why the fcuk did he take driver! 3 shot lead. A 3 wood all day. I have played that hole its very daunting from the tee thats with nothing at sake! He nearly lost it or went into playoff which very easily could of happened.. I ended up far right before the trees up on the hill. Easy bogey for me from there 😄

I do think now (in regard to blitzing a course on a given day) that Rahm is the top 1 day player and not McIlroy anymore.

I still do probably have McIlroy at a 2nd in that sense in that he can go out an destroy a course easily. However, in the same 4 days McIlroy could also get swallowed up by that same course.

I agree he is one of the pack now, ranked 7th i think. Any one of the top ten could be expected to win a major. To be in the top 10 means they have the game to win. I think the media hold Rory back a bit. There is so much focus on him and he just can't handle that in the same way the likes of Tiger or Phil did.

If the focus was off him and he was just let go out and play like an Adam Scott or Oosthuizen he may fair better in the majors. But he is in such high demand before and after each round. In the pre tournament press conference. I don't think its helping him.

Rory's getting old!

And there's no middle ground, obviously.....

There's so much data out there, and Sky have access to so much expertise. It's incredibly lazy journalism to trot out the same old tired meaningless soundybyte shite, when they could be adding proper data led insight into the course, the participants, their suitability to the venue/conditions, form related info etc.

Not talking about "reams of info", I'm talking about providing the viewer with interesting analysis. Inform them. Engage them. Not infuriate (or bore) them with the same old "Rory playing his best beats everyone, right?" type nonsense. I imagine the average golf viewer is capable of consuming/has appetite for intelligent well produced analysis.

Too much analysis and stats are a right pain the hoop.

All these stupid stats of total length of putts, sand saves, short side approaches are utterly boring.

Show us the golf, don't flood the commentary with stats.

Is Rory playing this week or resting.

Am I wrong or does Rory only win when the course is playing relatively easily and he can hit the ball high on all shots.

Maybe they are just producing content for the lowest common denominator?

Rory scorecard crazy today - just 6 pars. The rest birdies/bogeys