Rory McIlroy - 4 Time Major Winner

Context is everything, he finished 3 shots back from Scheffler and at no stage put any pressure on him, Scheffler sauntered to the green jacket.

you put yourself in 2nd behind one player anything can and does happen, as we saw yesterday, as we have seen many times with Jack and Tiger

took a great performance from scheffler of course to win and a good dab of luck as well

but he was still player better than all but one player across the 4 days

that is how you win

of course they need ryder cup publicity, would ya stop

its like saying that going to the world cup doesn't mean anything to soccer players

it takes them beyond just golf, its a massive event

lots of americans couldn't care less about any sport outside nascar

but a lot certainly do

look at mcginley, has he benefited from it?

They all do

wanted to get back to check boards to see what all the begrudgers think of him

If he keeps knocking on the door he will! He's constantly in top 10 all he needs is a bit of luck! Like the Majors are hard to win!

You seriously think Rory feels no pressure playing in the majors? I think he feels a massive amount of pressure. Its no longer about money that's for sure but he desperately wants to get back to winning majors and especially to get the green jacket imo.

Its probably a good comparison in lots of ways. I was reading a piece yesterday, might have been on Irishgolfer, maybe some other site, can't remember, but one of the points was that most majors are lost, not won, and the only one who'll think of it as winning will be the guy who was lucky enough to leave with the trophy. I don't necessarily fully agree with it, but there's definitely some truth in it IMO. Even back to Seve's day, Faldo got ridiculed for being boring, still finished with more majors. Nicklaus himself even said he was simply able to keep playing his game longer than the others were able to play theirs. There's an awful lot to be said for just hanging around on the Sunday. 15 years after Faldo, the boring old 2 iron off the tee was given a new name, became a stinger and was suddenly a great thing to use. It still shows that sensible and strategic (or defensive and boring, whichever way you look at it), goes a long way in the majors. Can Rory curb his natural attacking game ? Does he need to ? or do more of it ?

Meh, I dunno, maybe we're overthinking it and it just comes down to golf is hard. Sometimes you're the pigeon, sometimes you're the statue. There's still not many people finish ahead of him in a major, so he's doing something right, without getting over the line. I think this one will definitely feel like one that got away though, along with Reid's Masters.

Golf is juts a funny old game.....it's you against the course. So much can make or break a win from a loss.

I remember when Rory won his first and there was almost this certainty that he'd go on and win dozens more...I remember thinking nonsense.

So frustrating watching Rory. Huge drives leaving him 100 yards to the hole, plays his wedges to 40 foot. Just after taking him 4 to get down from 68 yards. Amazing that he can't perform this facet of the game adequately on a continuous basis

Putting well in this one

I'm away for the weekend so not getting any coverage. Do you know who's the caddy this week or why Harry isn't there?

Good he has a mate on the bag and someone he'll feel comfortable with.

Rather than, say for example, someone that might be an experienced career caddy that might improve his game.

His wife is due so Rory gave him the week. In fairness it hasn't affected his performance, it's almost like caddies are overrated.

It’s weird. Mcilroy is a woeful golfer as most say around here. Brutal with his wedges, a dodgy putter, caddie is crap, has a bad temperament and he also talks a lot of ****. Yet the Canadians love him and he is top of the leaderboard. It’s no wonder he probably won’t go near a Irish open in the near future. Don’t blame him. And he more or less saved the Irish open when it was on its knees.

He wouldn’t b as good as half the lads that play the boards outings. Now that is quality