Rory McIlroy - 4 Time Major Winner

nice to see him with the babba on the par three he seems happy so you never know, he's still only 32 in fairness

1+ was a good round for Rory yesterday considering how he normally goes on day 1 of a major. If he can build on that today and post a couple under par he'll be in a good position going into the weekend. Of course its quiet on here today as Rory played reasonably well yesterday.

Needs a lowish one today hopefully in the 60's.

Would love to see Rory win but I feel there are too many good players ahead of him. His final 6 holes have taking him too far back in my opinion. He used plenty of sense in his second shots on 13 and 15 but have to say his putting under big pressure leaves him down at times. 14 was a big error with the 3 putt and the misses on 15 and 16 have just left him a little too much to do with so many good players ahead. On the plus side his driving was really good. Hopefully he can have a below 70 round today and keep in contention for the weekend.

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Poor wedge shot on 9, although maybe the wind affected it.

Way too much talk about his preparation every year I feel.

One year he wants to treat it like it's important, then the next year he wants to treat it like just another tournament, then he doesn't play the week before, then he plays the week before, then he says he wants to get back to basics, and so on.

I think it adds undue pressure and attracts more scrutiny if/when it doesn't work out.

yes he stuck in there today in the wind aswell

Rory to get hammered for another back door top 5?!

Good call id say. If it was literally anyone else, especially Tiger, did it everyone would praise how he never gives up etc.

Case in point Tigers 10 2 years ago which he followed with a few birdies and everyone rightly praised his spirit, Rory would get hammered that.

TBF, a good performance on the last day when the pressure is off was called earlier in the week. Mcilroy does at least show consistency in that respect, but as Guru said, it’s not his head, his swing, his caddy, so it’s just bad luck and/or the course’s fault that he didn’t play better.

Absolutely, unfortunately too many Irish people are deluded and think he's the best in the world and should be winning every week and not winning is total failure, mostly comes from lads who haven't a clue about golf and wouldn't hit a 7 iron 20 yards.

Yup so bad he's in the top 10 of a major...I mean imagine he was REALLY CRAP..

If anyone watched his game round 1 he was smashing the driver and hitting fairways for fun. He just made some bad decisions on wedges and where to land them. I really think he needs someone experienced on his bag.

He's playing well. It's just missing....that little something to get him over the line.

People need to cop on thinking that golf is about a single player ripping it up every week. It's not. Simple stats show this.

Again we are back to linking ability to validity of opinion. Which posters do you think can’t hit a 7 iron 20 yards?

I doubt anyone here thinks he should be winning every week, or indeed that he is the best in the world, but I think most would agree he is one of the best in the world. Yet, we watch the same mistakes and inconsistencies time after time. His shortcomings in majors are not the ones you expect from one of the worlds top players, the errant shots from close range, the fragility of his putting. We all get that he is a streaky player and that on paper the number of top 10s in majors is impressive, but winning majors is the currency for top players, it is what they strive for and what they are remembered for. Yet again Mcilroy finds himself with the also rans of Sunday, maybe he will have one of those rounds that pushes him up the leaderboard, but the reality is that unless some catastrophic happens, he is out of contention again.