Rory McIlroy - 4 Time Major Winner

On the range earlier he said he just had a few glasses of wine. Nothing major. Hasn't played Hoylake since 2014 and tees off at 3pm this evening with Padraig.

I know its only down the road IE the probably flew by helicopter or the likes but you would think they'd take a day off!

Thank you. I will pay no attention to the listed practice round tee times on the official site, it's obviously not reflecting reality.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OjmBSkmMBo

He'll have confidence for sure.

Only thing is that history is against him winning the week before a major. It's very rare that someone who wins the week before wins that major.

Of course the best can beat those things and hopefully he does. I just don't like it though.

McIlroy has won 25% of his majors having won the week before!

Edit: Or stated another way, McIlroy has won a major every time he's won the week before.

So he did it once?

It's pretty rare. As I said I hope he does it and I think the win in Scotland gives him a lot of confidence.

I just don't like the win the week before having watched golf for over 40 years and seen some of the best not do it.

It's been done 11 times and three times this century. Tiger did it once, Mickelson once and Rory once.

24 golfers have won three consecutive tournaments on the PGA tour nevermind two.

No chance Rory wins this week, he only wins when under the radar. With Rory it's all mind games, and the Scottish win has only served to raise public expectations and scrutiny---the very factors that always scupper his chances.

Well, its a matter of degree, and he certainly wasnt the centre of attention like he is now. Scottish open is hardly very significant tournament in any case, being merely a prep for the Open. Also, he only produced stellar golf on Sunday when MacIntyre became the center of attention. Bottom line is Rory is a disaster when i) it's a significant tournament and ii) all eyes are on him, and I feel sorry for the unwitting mugs backing him this week.

Whilst I did feel at the time and stats above are clear ..Rory winning was a bit of bad timing...

But I was encouraged by his reaction..he was laughing, was calm enough after..could see ultimately he knew it was The Scottish Open.

Wins are not life changing as they once were..not as big a deal.

Would obviously disrupti his preparation on Monday ..but it literally is down the road .

He has form ..he is hitting a major in form.

You can't really jump to conclusions after this week either ..because The Open is a freak event too , with , draw , weather , course , bad bounce , lost ball , bad bunker lie ...

Rory is an emotionally driven player ..there are lots of factors on plus side this week..won before here ..Good memories with family here ...LIV thing gone .

Not happy with him playing with Rahm ..rather two nobodies. But you'll have to play with an monster at some point ..just fear they will man mark each other ..or be distracted.

But overall looks good....the issue we all should remember is ..majors are so hard to win and all the other players try peak for this week with their full team and preparation in full swing .

Range session on Monday on Sky was incredible....

For all the bullshit in pro golf..it was lovely to see ..they really, really are up for this .

The Scottish open was a Rolex event it wasn't a nothing Tournament ffs 🙄 For Mcilroy and the likes its all about the majors as he said himself he had 2 glasses of wine.. Thats it.. If Macintyre had of won he probably be still drunk now 😂 and fair play to him so would I.. But theres different levels to this game and I think hes firm favourite has been unlucky the last 2 years in Majors keeps hitting the bar but least hes given himself chances be worse if he wasn't! been on the range the very next day shows that! A confident Rory Mcilroy is a very dangerous opponent.

Well Said 👏 and I dont even like him 😂 but love watching him as hes the nearest thing to Tiger of this Generation. A lot more talent nowadays though and golf is alot more popular..

Is history really against him for winning the week before a major though?! Are his chances of winning that major now less?? I sincerely doubt it tbh.

Like what are the actual odds of a major winner not winning the week before versus winning say??

I doubt whether this well pedalled belief (myth) really stands up to any statistical scrutiny. ...

E.g. Phil Mickelson is one golfer since 2013 who won both the Scottish Open and Open Championship in the same season.

So that's not bad odds really! 150 to 1 , to 10 to 1 say. I realise it's not that simple of course, and you'd need to add controls for world rankings say & general likelihood of a player winning a particular major. Nonetheless my premise is: I really doubt that winning the week before a major reduces a players chances of winning the major. It doesn't seem to make any sense to me.

More on this here:

https://www.golfshake.com/news/view/16506/How_Scottish_Open_Champions_Performed_at_The_Open.html

why does he deserve criticism, its only sport? only one of 156 will win, do 155 of them deserve criticism, are they chokers?

the real cranks are the one trying to take people they dont know down a peg.

I doubt he divides opinion really, most recognize him for the great golfer he is

now on the scottish open, would you turn your nose up at 1.5m? Theres not a person in the field who would agree with what you said, especially the person in second place

the only predictable thing is your response

dismissing his wins says everything that needs to be said, a practice round

its irish begrudgery