Rory McIlroy - 4 Time Major Winner

LuckyGent88 · 03-09-2020 1:06pm

Daughter born on Monday and named Poppy Kennedy McIlroy.

Hopefully she brings him some new found peace on the course!!!!

durkadurka · 03-09-2020 1:25pm

Delighted for him. Presume he pulls out this week and by the time the us open comes round he’ll be dying to get away for a few days

prawnsambo · 03-09-2020 1:26pm

Great photo

03-09-2020 1:30pm

LuckyGent88 wrote: »

Daughter born on Monday and named Poppy Kennedy McIlroy.

Hopefully she brings him some new found peace on the course!!!!

Popular name in Northern Ireland I'm sure

prawnsambo · 03-09-2020 1:31pm

Exactly wrote: »

Popular name in Northern Ireland I'm sure

Well balanced with 'Kennedy' in there too.

rooney30 · 03-09-2020 1:38pm

Fastest gestation period in living history . !!! Was it announced only last week that his missus was pregnant ? Think everyone assumed she was “ just pregnant “ , the usual 12 weeks or so

LuckyGent88 · 03-09-2020 1:45pm

rooney30 wrote: »

Fastest gestation period in living history . !!! Was it announced only last week that his missus was pregnant ? Think everyone assumed she was “ just pregnant “ , the usual 12 weeks or so

Nah when it was mentioned first on the broadcast they said the birth was imminent. Fair play for keeping it out of the public for so long.

bren2001 · 03-09-2020 5:23pm

I assume he's pulling out of the Tour Championship? Be a bit crazy if he plays the day after the birth of his daughter.

Bubbaclaus · 03-09-2020 5:34pm

bren2001 wrote: »

I assume he's pulling out of the Tour Championship? Be a bit crazy if he plays the day after the birth of his daughter.

She was born on Monday and event starts tomorrow. As far as I know he is playing.

neddynasty · 03-09-2020 6:13pm

Bubbaclaus wrote: »

She was born on Monday and event starts tomorrow. As far as I know he is playing.

A fella has to earn a living like.

03-09-2020 6:43pm

Confirmed as playing

LuckyGent88 · 03-09-2020 7:13pm

Nailed his interview anyway;

To go from not having met this person to having unconditional love for them from one minute to the next is just, there's nothing like it in the world. It's probably the best part of being a human being, and I'm glad that I got to experience it."

– Rory McIlroy on new parenthood

It's not a new lease of life, but it's a different perspective. What goes on out on the golf course [doesn't] really seem to matter that much. At the end of the day, you get to go home to your family, which is the most important thing."

Hopefully it does translate to a few more wins and specifically in the majors. Big 12 months coming up with 6 majors in that period.

Dr. Bre · 03-09-2020 8:04pm

Not everyday you can try and win 10 million dollars or whatever it is

prawnsambo · 03-09-2020 8:30pm

CMcsporty wrote: »

Oh yeah family first!!

I’m off to work now. I’ll see ya in four days. Good luck with it. Bye.

He talks such ****e.
I can imagine what any of our wives would say.
Yes we’re not working for 15mil but we also don’t have 100 million plus in the bank.

When my kids were born, I was into work the next day. And the day after. You're all a bunch of snowflakes these days.

spacecoyote · 03-09-2020 9:19pm

May well see how day 1 goes, if it's a shocker, can pull a WD, has a valid excuse so no one will blink and he can take home the 350k or so for 30th place

prawnsambo · 03-09-2020 9:21pm

So as well as telling people how to balance their work and family lives, apparently we have a prophet in our midst. We are not worthy.

PARlance · 04-09-2020 8:15am

prawnsambo wrote: »

When my kids were born, I was into work the next day. And the day after. You're all a bunch of snowflakes these days.

I felt it was only right to take a few days off.

Couldn't have worked with the hangover.

Trampas · 04-09-2020 8:31am

prawnsambo wrote: »

When my kids were born, I was into work the next day. And the day after. You're all a bunch of snowflakes these days.

When one of mine was born early hours on Saturday morning I ran the Dublin Marathon on the Sunday and picked them bought up on the way home from.

All gone soft

Keano · 04-09-2020 9:50am

This is not the parenting forum, back to the golf please

LuckyGent88 · 04-09-2020 6:42pm

Nice handy birdie to start with.

Having a new baby daughter seems to work!!! Now if only I’d get the chance to play golf and test that theory for myself

Dav010 · 04-09-2020 10:20pm

LuckyGent88 wrote: »

Nice handy birdie to start with.

Having a new baby daughter seems to work!!! Now if only I’d get the chance to play golf and test that theory for myself

Superb finish to the round, birdie, birdie, birdie.

LuckyGent88 · 04-09-2020 10:22pm

Golf can be just a simple game to him at times.

No stupid drop shots today and putted very nicely. Greens look perfect

Mantis Toboggan · 04-09-2020 10:33pm

Certainly not going down without a fight, good defence so far.

bigtimecharlie · 05-09-2020 1:08am

Good to see that finish for the last 3 holes.

Looked like his old self again. His birdie putt on most holes was closer than we have seen in recent weeks. Having them drop in is the bonus.

Mushy · 05-09-2020 8:20am

bigtimecharlie wrote: »

Good to see that finish for the last 3 holes.

Looked like his old self again. His birdie putt on most holes was closer than we have seen in recent weeks. Having them drop in is the bonus.

He seemed like a lot of pressure was off and yeah, he was sinking longer putts too. Noticed last week those same putts were coming close. Hopefully get a fast start today

Telecaster58 · 06-09-2020 10:14am

The way McIlroy finished on 18 last night was terrible. This is certainly one of those times that you can question the caddie. Allowing him to use the driver was ridiculous . As Coltart said, McIlroy was always reaching that green in two having taken a 3 wood off the tee which would leave him a 4/5 iron to the green. Guaranteed 4. Instead he hits the driver, runs out of fairway, ends up in the water and signs for a 6. The proof will be seen this evening when he takes a 3 wood off the tee.

slave1 · 06-09-2020 11:35am

Agreed, but at the same time nice to see him hit one of my shots, never happens the other way around

tobsey · 06-09-2020 4:13pm

3 wood is no guarantee to find the fairway though. If he plays 3-wood and misses the fairway he might find it very difficult to carry the water never mind make the green. He probably feels that even if he runs out of fairway there’s a good chance he can still reach. He messed up badly yesterday but it worked out just fine the day before. All of the top 4 played driver and would have similar length. Johnson got lucky when he bounced from the rough to the semi and he was the only one to hit the green in two.

You have to take a completely different line with 3 wood and if you don’t get the right kick down the slope you might be 270 away.

bigtimecharlie · 06-09-2020 11:02pm

Disappointing 2nd and 3rd rounds.

What's in store on 18th tee?

tobsey · 06-09-2020 11:09pm

He was 4th in scoring for the week before those two bogeys on the back 9. The slip down the rankings since the restart really hurt him and probably left him with too much to do.

He hit the fairway on the 18th, looking at the line I’d guess it was driver that landed in rough and jumped out to fairway but might have been the 3-wood

Rory McIlroy - 4 Time Major Winner

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