Rory McIlroy - 4 Time Major Winner

We don't know the ins and outs of it - but the LIV split I'd say was a factor.

Call it a hunch - and it was mentioned on Newstalk - but Garcia being there was not a help at all.

Still think there should be someone in his team - that can say , Rory - it is fairly customary to just hang around a bit - go shake Bryson's hand and then we get the **** out of here - meet up with Shane , have a beer.

Exactly that.

Even if Garcia is winding him up, he should be able to ignore him after all these years. If he can’t, that’s probably why Garcia is still at it.

Jesus we Irish really love to kick a man when there down! The amount of traffic this thread has got since he lost is gas! A lot of posters too that never post anything in the golf forum 😂 If he had of won, it wouldn't of got as much traffic! Rory is one of the most honest golfers in the game! and always one of the first to congratulate fellow Pro's.

Nobody knows what goes on behind the scenes. All the back ground noise with the wife too. The fact people are going mad he didnt hang around to congratulate Bryson etc is mad! Anything to find fault. They weren't even in the same group ffs.. and the fact he left the way he did fair play to him. He gives so much to the game (and yes obviously has got a lot too) but he's human and was totally dejected. Shows how badly he wants to win a major which is great to see considering all the money he has! He could retire tomorrow and never hit a golf ball again if he wanted! Great to see passion in sport especially when their multi millionaires! I dont blame him pulling out of the next tournament he's not a robot and that would of took a lot out of him. Especially with the intensity and then to lose.. He still is one of the best players in the game and has been for the last decade! Thats the best I have seen him play in a major since he last won one on a very difficult course. One maybe you could say 2 mistakes cost him - Fine margins! I personally think the main one was the 7I when he over shot the green.. But yet Cantley also hit 7I to dead centre.. Its a funny auld game.

Gas thing is if he didnt make the cut he be still be getting called a bottle job! 😂😂😂

7I when he over shot the green.. But yet Cantley also hit 7I to dead centre.. Its a funny auld game.

Rory and Cantlay hit the ball different distances with their clubs. Nothing really strange about it.

Where did I say there was anything strange? I was pointing out the fine margins and how both can hit 7i with different results for the key board warriors who probably dont even play golf.

Away from this thread for a day, just wow! Agree a lot with Benny. He did choke by any standards. But we hadn't seen Rory that good up until the last few holes in years.

If he can accept those mistakes and learn from them, i think multiple majors are incoming. I would be hopeful. The strategy up to that point was something I wanted to see for years. Patient. Not going for everything.

As I said on a previous post, the Open is now huge. He has a few weeks to dust himself down. More play like the first 68 holes in Pinehurst and he will be in the shake up. If he does, I expect he will close it out this time.

If he is 'only' top 20 going in to the weekend and sneaks another back door top 10 I fear that will be the end of him. He will then spend the next 9 months tormenting himself.

I'm optimistic for him. We will find out very soon.

funny auld game = strange

There’s no fine margins. One was the right club for Patrick. One was the wrong club for Rory. Commentary were stunned Rory had 7i in hand

Enormity of what happened? Its one tournament 😂 Yes a Major but Im sure he will play plenty more and will win one again. My post was more about the traffic this thread gets and Rory hate as everyone is quick to point out! Its the same every time in this thread when Rory fcuks up. Yet when he wins you get hardly anything apart from a few posts. All the Rory bashers go missing.. I'd rather see him in contention than not, made for a great end to a Major. Edge of seat stuff.

I am by no means a Rory fan boy just like yourself 😉

Yeah, I play golf. Played with the society on here actually. But thats completely irrelevant. You don't need to play golf to understand what Rory did. You shouldn't discount or discredit someones opinion over whether they hack it around 18 every now and then.

Rory picking the wrong club isn't fine margins. Its poor course management. Your reference to Cantlay demonstrates that you don't quite understand that. Its not like it dribbled off, it missed by a long long long way.

I would have said the bogey on 5 was fine margins. Lands a yard further up, eagle putt. It didn't and its rolled off the false front. On 15, he missed it by a long long way.

Just want to say it's not customary! It has become a thing amongst the American "bros" like Spieth, Fowler, Thomas etc..

Maybe I need to change my ways .

But I'm a pool fan and give them unreal stick if they underperform. I have seriously had issues with many players in the squad..

Only reason I'd be harsh on Rory is because I want him to win so much.

I just can't follow someone with blind loyalty..he has been error prone , has lacked effort at times, has been overly stubborn in his ways...

But he is a good bloke for all his wealth and success..yes overly emotional for what is needed..but I'd still rather that in a way..

But at the moment he deserves a victory, you can see how much work he has put into parts of his game that were poor / not good enough to win a major.

I think you can be the biggest supporter / fan in the world ...but call out stuff too.

Would agree there are pure opertunist here, to stick boot in ..and that is twisted..because for all the talk of Ireland being a great sport nation ...we rarely have people at the top top of their field in sport ...

Enjoy them when they are here ..Ireland/ northern Ireland might never have a person at Rorys level again..and he has been at the top , what 15 + years ..

I followed golf when you were on page 3/4 / M/C of the leaderboard in amajors...

Come on now, people attack McGregor because he's a complete piece of sh*t. Horrible human being.

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So he didn't hole 496 putts of that difficulty

The stat doesn't claim that.

Nor is distance the sole metric of difficulty.

Putts inside 3ft - 96% holed. Putts inside 2ft - 99% holed. Putts inside 3ft are broadly the same difficulty and grouped together in stats for that reason. That's where the pull the 0-3ft range from. Years of historical data.

Rory missed two short putts in the last 3 holes. That's why people are talking.

Here's a much better emotional account and understanding of what that was like for a McIlroy supporter.

https://www.sportinglife.com/golf/news/rory-mcilroys-latest-major-near-miss-as-bryson-dechambeau-wins-the-us-open/218606

I've compared him (favourably) to Greg Norman several times before.

Only Tiger has been world number 1 for longer than Greg Norman. His return of two majors for all his dominance is way under what it should've been and he's had far more heartbreaking Major losses than McIlroy, including the biggest turnaround in Major history.

Greg led all 4 majors after 54 holes in 1986. No wonder he thinks 54 hole tournaments are a good idea. He'd be the only modern grand slam winner in history if tournament golf was 54 holes.

I've always liked Greg and I've always liked Rory. They are far from one dimensional and generally give great interviews full of interesting insights and disclosures (less so from Greg since the whole LIV hoo-ha). And it also provides him from sharing his experiences with Rory as one of the only people who can actually understand Rory's Major predicament.

They are both intelligent and emotional people that probably think too much when an empty mind would be best for pure automatic execution.

If we didn't have Rory (and Bryson to a lesser extent) we'd quite a bit less to discuss. Probably yawning at the latest Scheffler win or giving out about the WHS. Tbf it's an incredible amount of traffic drawn from Rory. His major performance back catalogue and profile lends itself to the spotlight. Not to mention the backdrop of the PGA-LIV fraction and his recent marital situation.

He's been knocking on the door for the last couple of years. Hopefully, he can reach a level of calmness to get over the line in a major again and I feel he will. To me at least he's looked quite weary/drained at numerous times in the big ones. They definitely take a bigger toll mentally.

Stepping back to think about the last year or so, he could only be human to be affected by it all. I won't get into the course management/caddy/putting stuff as it's all redundant and well-covered already. Irrespective of his ability I still have to acknowledge how impressive it is to put yourself in a position to win like he did.

The scrutiny and hype for the open will be off the charts. Hopefully, he can find a calm place to focus on his game and perform.