World Number 1

stockdam

Well done Rory. Super round today to become the new number one. He's playing well and fully deserves to be up there on top.

charlieIRL

am delighted for him. hope he stays there for a good while!

meath4sam

well done rory was always going to happen just a question of when.

meath4sam

Question do you have to win a tournement to claim number 1 as all this week and last week it was if rory wins or if lee wins.

JerryHandbag

2nd youngest ever World Number 1

Nuri Sahin

meath4sam wrote: »

Question do you have to win a tournement to claim number 1 as all this week and last week it was if rory wins or if lee wins.

At present, that's the case between those two and Donald.

Not entirely sure on the circumstances entirely, but a win for Donald or Westwood next week means they'll be the new World No.1

rebel girl 15

Fully deserved, looking at his past 11 events


Looking at his last 11 events
T3 European Masters
3rd KLM Open
2nd Alfred Dunhill Links
2nd Korea Open
T4 WGC-HBSC Championship
Win Hong Kong Open
T11 Dubai World Championship
2nd Abu Dhabi Championship
T5 Dubai Desert Classic
2nd WGC Accenture Match Play
WIN Honda Classic

meath4sam

El LoCo Ade wrote: »

At present, that's the case between those two and Donald.

Not entirely sure on the circumstances entirely, but a win for Donald or Westwood next week means they'll be the new World No.1

was just thinking rory went into last weeks matchplay and a win would of got him no1, he finished second so i would of taught he earned so many points from that that maybe a top ten would have been enough this week but again he had to win to be no1.

irishgeo

meath4sam wrote: »

Question do you have to win a tournement to claim number 1 as all this week and last week it was if rory wins or if lee wins.

he had to win today as there was less ranking points on offer as lee westwood was not playing this weekend.


he would have become number 1 eventually if he kept finishing in the top 10.

Borisss

irishgeo wrote: »

he had to win today as there was less ranking points on offer as lee westwood was not playing this weekend.

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themandan6611

irishgeo wrote: »

he had to win today as there was less ranking points on offer as lee westwood luke donald was not playing this weekend.


he would have become number 1 eventually if he kept finishing in the top 10.

fixed some of that

BackScrub

Look at the scoring average!!!

PGA Tour stats

sunbabe08

woot!!!!! congrats rory:D

BrianJD

stockdam wrote: »

Well done Rory. Super round today to become the new number one. He's playing well and fully deserves to be up there on top.

Jeez, what took him so long :P


All joking aside, he really could win any tournament including the majors so you'd have to wonder could he do a Tiger on it and keep it for years?

VikingG

ya great for Rory... but after it all died down went to see how Paddy got on.... jeez +9... would really love to see him put 4 good rounds down

Tones69

Those yanky commentators were really gettin on my nerves after tiger went in the clubhouse, every shot rory hit they were trying to make out he might lose it here, then here, maybe now here too since his last 2 iron shots were bad, really bad form tbh. Rorys the man, his last 11 events speak for themselevs!

PhilipMarlowe

I thought Miller was way over the top with those comments (about bad iron play). I remember on commentary a good few years ago @ pebble (when I used to watch some TV golf), him saying that you'd aim at the bunker (right) and if you pull it (onto the green) you're a hero. Now, I know he was talking about a 2nd shot into a par 5 versus Rory hitting tee shots to par 3s last night but in my mind the principle was the same. I mean his bunker shot on 17 was pretty simple for a player of his standard. He effectively ruled out anything worse than a bogey and going in the water would have meant a struggle for bogey and a likely double. I thought it was just sensible course management to hit safe, conservative irons to the left side while protecting his lead.

Nuri Sahin

Miller has always been a fool when it comes to European players. Nothing new.

Matt Santos

Tones69 wrote: »

Those yanky commentators were really gettin on my nerves after tiger went in the clubhouse, every shot rory hit they were trying to make out he might lose it here, then here, maybe now here too since his last 2 iron shots were bad, really bad form tbh. Rorys the man, his last 11 events speak for themselevs!

Well, in fairness he was facing the "Bear trap" which is a pretty difficult three holes and if he puts one ball in the water the whole picture changes!
The US commentary was a biased one but they had just witnessed the Great One post a 62 which was his lowest final round post on Tour. The TV executives must have been praying for the double bogey that takes it to a play off!

I agree with what PhillipMarlowe is saying. He had the lead and he was taking out double bogey from the hole by playing it in the manner that he did. It would have been interesting had he bogeyed 15 or 16 and had to get Par on 17 and 18.. But it looked like he was well able for the pressure and converted all shots with a touch of swagger. It did look a little weird though because Woods just doesnt do conservative shots.. Well not to the extent that McIlroy did last night anyway!
I think that we are gonna have a huge Masters now with the top three in the world all comfortable with the way they are playing and adding an improving Tiger to the mix.... Would not be surprised to see this four in the top 5 in a couple of weeks time..

Mizuno Man

They said Rory was hitting the ball badly and in general he was. They said he was perhaps falling apart and they missed the point completely here. He was holding it together better than almost anyone out there...

It's a testament to McIlroy that he can hit the ball pretty badly by his standards and still win by 2 strokes...

Aidric

Great maturity from McIlroy to close out the win. Delighted for the bloke.

His consistency, as has been pointed out earlier in this thread, has been awesome.

full_irish

But based on Tiger's last round. He's starting to look like 'old tiger' a bit... should be exciting if he follows on this form to give the European dominance of the World no.1 a challenge

Rikand

full_irish wrote: »

But based on Tiger's last round. He's starting to look like 'old tiger' a bit... should be exciting if he follows on this form to give the European dominance of the World no.1 a challenge

this.


yay rory!

full_irish

"gives it a challenge"... YES i want to see that.

Actually knock them off their perch... not so much.

SSK

He celebrated like any one of us would...by playing tennis against Maria Sharapova in Madison Square Gardens

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTGOOB0z_-Q

foxyboxer

Scar Tissue me hole!!

newport2

Mizuno Man wrote: »

They said Rory was hitting the ball badly and in general he was. They said he was perhaps falling apart and they missed the point completely here. He was holding it together better than almost anyone out there...

It's a testament to McIlroy that he can hit the ball pretty badly by his standards and still win by 2 strokes...

I think this is key and was the most impressive part of his win.

The real difference between Tiger and other golfers over the last decade was that he was the only one who could not play great and still win. Hopefully Rory also has this asset.

Hitting it long on those two par threes was smart play in my books. He figured he'd get up and down on at least one. I'd say going into the Bear Trap, he'd have taken +1 for those 3 holes if it had been offered to him. A one shot lead with a par 5 to finish, victory virtually sealed.

Keano

And he's on top of the world again

Hopefully it'll be a bit longer this time.

irish bloke

Keano A Legend wrote: »

And he's on top of the world again

Hopefully it'll be a bit longer this time.

Huh!!!!

Didn't even know he was playing

Keano

He wasn't which is even better for him! Donald needed to finish among the top eight this weekend to stay at number 1 but failed.

Link here

sunbabe08

btw, loved rte reporting on this, showed a clip of rory at the irish open on the 18th, straight into the water. out of all the shots in the world to show from the new world number 1, they show that one. :rolleyes: