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I don't know, I think he is possibly a little disinterested at times. He said he's playing more solely with the purpose to be in mid-season form for Augusta.
I don't think these fields get his juices flowing either. He wants to play against the best week to week and pretty much half the top players in the world are in Hong Kong this weekend.
It'll all be forgotten if he's on it during the second week on April!
Bizarrely I feel like his best shot at Augusta is to come in a bit more under the radar
I know but he is muck here - and still will be what top 15 - golf fields have been weakend and this course set up was slightly harder with wind - and the scoring is muck
Jeez, I dunno, he looks a million miles away from actually contending in an event at the moment doesn’t he.
Maybe it’s just me or maybe it’s because he’s been mid table fodder in the 4 (?) events he’s played in the States this year, but he looks strangely disinterested or something.
He always could though. Even when he’s playing rubbish he can usually still make 4 or 5 birdies a round.
Rory can kind of hack it around and still get a top 20 - the tour is in a bad place at the moment.
Playing the par 5s well again today 😴
Of course it was great but we all want to see him do that on a Saturday when he's near the top of the leaderboard. The ability to see the shot thats called for on Thursday and Friday seems beyond him. He's -2 on the Pars 5s. Scottie is -10. That's the exact opposite of what wins Augusta.
Rory driving the green on the 401 yrd 10th and shooting 30 on the back 9 not worth comment?
Rounding into form nicely, hope they have his measurements in Augusta
I watched a Rick Shield V Tommy Fleetwood, great fun. Anyway, for relevance. Fleetwood hits one into the bunker and he's about 260 away on a Par5. And he says, if I was with Rory here he'd try a 3 wood and get into on the green, he just sees shots.
My point is when you have pros like Tommy who give him credit and unquestion him like this how is Harry meant to say, take it easy. Don't chase.
I'm agreeing with you, it's rare the outright leader wins a major or PGA day one. Rory just needs to be in contention Sunday, not winning it Friday.
Disappointing to see Rory bogey 2 par 5s again in the first round. He just doesn't factor in risk enough on Thursdays and Fridays. Going for the green in 2 on the 6th from a bad lie was poor. Thats a shot to try on sat or Sun if you need to chase. Wish hed hand over some decision making to Harry, at least on Thursday/Fri. 7 Back after 1 round on a tough course gives him very slim chance.
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He can't runaway but he can still win them IMO. I found it interesting when he said his technique isn't good enough anymore
Do you play golf? If you do then you'll lower your handicap by being all about yourself and forget your playing partners. It's okay to have a short chat but when you are fifty yards away from your ball just walk away from everybody and concentrate on your own game, no being nice and continuing to chat because they do.
Like every individual sport golf is about being your own man and f everybody else.
I think that's the drama of missing the cut and not being in it at the PGA. He was clearly on it at the US Open, proving he can compete as he did at St Andrew's the year before. You may have seen similar in the Tennis doc whereby Aryna Sabalenka wanted to quit Tennis, only to go and win a major. Self doubt is not a bad thing
He also stated many many times he thought he was the best golfer in the world.
But what is clearly visible is the amount of non golf related politics that was endured was astonishing, and all for very little.
His assessment of himself was fairly revealing...he can't run away in majors
He was spot on about himself in fairness...
But he quite clearly is good enough to compete in majors, him being dramatic after a poor round doesn't change that.
It is amazing - but at the same time - he makes an assessment on himself saying he is not good enough to compete in majors - was a low moment - but at the same time - he is saying himself - what a good few here were saying for the last 10 years.
After watching the first episode of Full Swing, season 2, on Netflix I have no idea how Rory Mcilroy even performed to the high standards of last year with all that off the course debacle.
It's insight like this that us keyboard warriors who bash him on a tournament basis just have zero insight into.
Legend.
Well you could argue the 7 was partially the result of taking 3 wood off the tee, playing sensible as you put it, but then leaving himself a longer more difficult second over the water.
Of course the 3 wood off the tee was the right shot, which is the one Rory, considering his skill set, nearly always takes.
It seems to me that Rory is all about playing to the crowd these days. He hits the ball miles off the tee but hits it on holes where there's risks hitting it long instead of a sensible approach like using a three wood or long iron.
If he pulls off that shot last night everybody is raving about how awesome he is. It'll be forgotten about quickly because he didn't.
Then it comes to the Majors and there's no messing but you've been doing these things all year and you'll make mistakes because of that.
I think brain fart is putting it mildly tbh. I mean, when you look at where he dropped and then hit his chip to, he was never in a million years getting the shot from the water any closer than that. 5 would have been a miracle from the water, as oppsed to possible/probable after a drop. I think Bill Haas' fluke all those years ago gave everyone notions about playing from water, it almost never comes off.
TBH I don't ever really buy the caddie argument that gets done to death, but I really think Harry should have flat out refused to give him the club to attempt that water shot, although I suppose we do have to factor in that he can be a headstrong little f-cker.. So frustrating as a fan. Caveat: assuming he would have been able to drop after his second shot where he eventually did after his third, can't think why he wouldn't have.
I don’t know if we can blame today’s debacle on lack of concentration. I think it was due to undue optimism/brain f*rt.
Playing more than he usually would, so maybe he's finding it harder to stay in it than usual.
I'm liking his approach this year though, looking to play enough to be in mid-season form by Augusta.
3rd comp in a row where he's had a triple bogey if I remember correctly, very odd, generally playing very well but concentration letting him down.
He's such an enigma...gets himself into a great position tonight and then goes bogey triple bogey on 15 and 16....so frustrating...
Back with a bang tonight. Superb 66 and bogey free. Long way back but not out of it yet. Hopefully Seamus can hang in there as well, just inside cut line atm. Playing well today.
Guaranteed if he was out of contention those 4 approach shots would have been pin high.
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