Rory McIlroy - 4 Time Major Winner

He made lots of mistakes throughout the round. His chipping and particularly his putting were exceptional. Even with the 2 short putts, he performed well in strokes gained putting afaik. Good putting conceals average approach and wedge play. After the 1st hole, he hardly had another look at a birdie until 9, certainly nothing especially makeable. The only short putt he had for a birdie was on 13, the result of a 15 yard chip. I think you overestimate how well he played overall on Sunday. His driving was v good. His putting was exceptional until 16. Iron play was nothing to write home about.

I think you overestimate how well he played overall on Sunday

He was -4 and was hitting the ball beautifully. He was playing exceptionally well.

Although, according to you, you can't play fabulous golf at a US Open.

He was moat certainly playing well enough to not shoot +3 on the final 5 holes. Nor were those holes playing that difficult, nearly all of the field played it better than him.

Why did he go from GIRs to missing fairways (badly) and missing greens off the tee? Why did he suddenly start making very bad mistakes? None of his mistakes earlier in the round were that bad. 5 was a yard away from perfection.

It amazing that you legitimately believe pressure wasn't the cause of more than one of those mistakes (and you've an exceptionally odd take as to where his mistake was)

Its a US Open, he wasn't attacking pins. If you wanna argue he wasn't lying fantastic golf to that point sure, not one I'll agree with.

Name a any other stretch of 5 holes where he made 6 undisputable mistakes.

name the stretch of 5 holes where he made 6 mistakes

I don't think you'll find anyone arguing they're mistakes. 5 was most certainly one mistake for example. I don't think you know what a mistake is but I'll indulge it.

How did his mistakes go from those which are pretty minor to missing fairways and greens in awful spots? Pressure

They were mistakes though, werent they? Its a pretty all encompassing word and it covers all of those errors from which he was able to recover (3,4,7,8,14,17) and those that he wasnt (5,15, 16, 18).

There were only 2 truly awful spots he got into where recovery was just about impossible. One was 5, which was far removed from his choke sequence, as you saw it. The other was 15, which was a good shot but a fatal misclub. I dont see pressure having had a major influence over either of the shots that got him into these positions.

I was trying to be polite, apologies. You see

'I don't think you'll find anyone arguing they're mistakes.'

and

'I don't think you know what a mistake is' is a nonsensical and hopelessly contradictory sequence of phrases. This isnt about 'bad faith', its about literacy and consistency. You seem to possess neither. And before you whine about emotive language use, the first person to use words like 'ridiculous' to describe my stance during our debate was your good self

It wasnt just a '2 putt' though, was it? He left it short. To leave a makeable birdie putt short when youre behind in a US Open when a player knows such chances are likely to be few and far between is a mistake. Nobody with any knowledge of competitive golf could describe it any other way.

Outside of the club on 15 (and Harry has to take some slack for that imo) I dont see anything especially poor regarding course management.

Between holes 1-15, 6 excepted, he made a lot of missable putts. Over the last 3 holes, he missed a couple of makeable putts. Thats all.

This isnt about 'bad faith', its about literacy and consistency. You seem to possess neither.

Attack the post not the poster

I didn't realize dyslexia made me illiterate.

Ill leave it to the mods to deal with it. Thank you.

Ill leave it to the mods to deal with. Thank you.

why he hit a 6 here and not 7.

He hit a 7 iron. The question is why did he hit 7 not 8.

5.39pm below:

https://nolayingup.com/blog/2024-us-open-back-nine

I don't want to see him win the Scottish. I'll be happy with a nice top 10 finish. I just have this feeling that he'll win in Troon if he has a decent week, and not a win, in Scotland.

I'd be of the opinion that he's worked harder on his game and the mental side of things over the last couple of weeks than maybe he ever has before.

Nothing Williams can do about a player mishitting their shots based on the yardage and clubs advised. I don't think Scott was misclubbed or questioned any club he was given during that 4 hole stretch. He choked under the pressure. Haneys point is that McIlroy was misclubbed or since he went over the green at a crucial point. That this was something which rarely, if ever happened, during the Woods/Williams days i.e. if Woods went over the green at such a crucial point then it would either have had to be a complete mishit on a good club/yardage or a perfectly struck shot which missed because of a misclub, that it wouldn't be a choke because he is Tiger.

I was following Scott in Lytham that Sunday.

He had a nightmare on 16th green, and then disappeared into a portaloo for a couple of minutes to try to regather himself. Williams was left standing nearby with the bag, wondering what the hell to do with himself.

Even after another bogey on 17 - par on 18 would have made a play off. Poor shot selection off the tee had him up against the face of a fairway bunker and he ended up bogeying. Lots of players took iron off the tee on 18 that day - Scott took 3 wood and it killed off his playoff chance.

Surprised this thread is so quiet after Rory's return to action. It was a decent week. In my opinion it was ruined by the few holes around the turn yesterday. After being so patient at the US Open he was back to normal.

Chasing pins when no need to, stupid bogies on 7 and 9 and only par on 10. Before all that he was only 2 or 3 back with both Bob and Aberg struggling.

I was hoping to see a really strong mental game this week from him. Unfortunately don't think it is there yet.

Looking like the major drought will continue into 2025. Prove me wrong Rory!

I have to say that he looked great but missed a few short putts again. He needs to get that sorted before the weekend.

It's windy this week. His chances of winning are very slim.

Out of contention day one

I don't think he's gotten over the US Open yet. Last week he played well in decent conditions but he missed a lot of short putts and I was thinking after it that it would affect him this week.

I don't know if he has a sports psychologist but if not he should get one.

Rory +5 now, if he can get in +3 or 4 he is still in it. Very windy out there today.