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I should have written ‘I didn’t miss it’. Lowry’s bipolar behaviour has long been a gripe of mine.
Cheers for your concession but I would have thought referee back-chat would be part of that footballification (along with, ‘Get in the hollllle’).
why?
There was a nonsense sectarian reference to men of a certain type of citrus fruit. Nothing other than trying to stir the pot.
It was a superb afternoon's golf. I thought Rory's predicament on the 18th was fascinating. By being the longer player, he had to lay up as he couldn't use the driver and was then short of Billy. That's compounded by not having a club for the distance left. His 3rd attempt at the hole was superb. Still, you felt Billy could play those two shots into 18 all day long and he was going to eagle it at some stage. Billy is 4 under for the 3 holes, Rory 'only' 2 under. And that's that……
Was it bad bag management by Rory not having a pair of clubs to easily (given his distance) reach the 18th? Was the driving iron referred to a 2 iron?
You just knew that when the commentators were saying that you wanted to putt first, the guy putting 2nd was going to win! Thought McGinley was very snarky about Rory too. Is there history there?
Good summation there. Depending on line taken off tee and conditions he was leaving himself with 220 to 250 all week. Had 250 in on Day 1 also and he bogeyed. Thought he might have tried 5 wood approach on one of the longer ones but maybe wasn't in the bag?
Dunno if it's been mentioned here already but an interesting rule I wasn't aware of is a player can swap in a club for the play off. So Rory could actually have put in another club for the play-off that would have given him another option of reaching 18 more comfortably
McGinley has become a straight up honest commentator. He credits Rory when he deserves it and criticises him when he deserves it unlike all the others in the commentary box who fawn over him whether he has an eagle or a double bogey.
And if he had a caddy that was allowed give his opinion he probably would have put that club in his bag.
The caddy thing is holding him back in my opinion. Having a conversation before the shot, every shot, whether it's simple or takes some thinking about is a great thing whether it changes your mind or not. The last thing the caddy always does is tell you he likes it and you are more comfortable hitting it. If you don't have that then you may take bigger risks and you know it standing over the ball and that's not helping you.
An example would be where they are looking at going for it on a par five. Rory says he thinks it's a 2 iron, the caddy thinks it's too much club because there's trouble over the back. So he simply says 'so long as we don't go over the back we are fine'. Now Rory has to think about it. If he's confident it won't go over he tells the caddy that and the caddy says okay, sounds good and gives him the line and walks away.
Rory is more comfortable now and is far more likely to hit a smoother two iron and it's more likely to work out.
For me the biggest weakness I see in Rory's game is that he's hitting the ball way too hard with his medium to short irons. You give up a lot of control and accuracy too often when you hit the ball that hard. You can take one more playing within yourself, sky it, which Rory is better at than most golfers, and it'll be a lot more likely to be within 20 feet. That will eliminate those mistakes that are costing him a lot of tournament wins.
Obviously he needs somebody to help with those missed short putts which seems to have happened too often since the US Open but that's pretty simple to fix.
He’s after driving the par 4 14th at Kingsbarn.
with Macintyre on the green lining up a birdie putt. He not happy.
Rightly.
Luckily the putt dropped.
Fabulous last 3 holes from Rory. Great win under pressure. His wedge play was excellent this week
Six time Race to Dubai Champion!
Huge respect and Congratulations to Rory. When he's on song, he's simply the best in the world.
yep ones it’s not in a major.
Really enjoyed that. His putting was excellent all weekend.
Long overdue
Nobody but Tiger has been as consistent in this tough game.
I do appreciate the lack of few majors adds questions but ya got appreciate greatness too. And thats what he is.
There's always one with the cheap snide dig. Was it the word 'once' you were trying to spell there?
Majors numbers shouldn't be a stick to beat him with which many people seem to love to do and ignore everything else he has done well
Outside of Tiger the best player I've seen, unbelievable consistency with well over a decade now.
it was indeed once! Thanks
Very true. No one has had his consistency. I thought a few were better at certain times but their brillance in most cases were short lived.
I think Rory has been in Top 10 of world rankings for something like 15 years , no other player has anything like it in same period
Obviously he could have won lots more but I see today puts him on 42 tour wins.
Unbelievable really and he has a few years left at the top if he can avoid serious injuries.
I really think if he can get one major win a few will quickly follow
Career earnings have now gone over €150 million plus whatever he's made off course. Unbelievable money
He was The Man this week, putted v well, apart from the ones he got he was close lots too. He did well on the par 5's
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just never warmed to Mcillroy! Find it insane how successful he’s been last 10 years without winning a major, not sure if could point to a similar example in individual sport.
There's simply no better player to watch for pure ball striking ability than Rory's when he's on song. I've been lucky enough to see him in action plenty of times over the last few years, and when you witness those high draws with a 4 iron from the turf, or a 350 yard drive cracked down the middle.
It’s just ball striking heaven to see it live!
Love Rory. In my opinion his course management when under pressure has been the biggest difference between him and Tiger.
Maybe even if he played to his best he wouldn't get to tigers level but he definitly should be on his heels.
The it's crazy to think when tiger was same age as Rory now he had all his majors won bar 1 and injury stopped him flying off into the disatance from other legends.
Agree, on pure golf ability, Rory is comfortably Tigers equal…I’ve seen so many shots down through the years that only those 2 could play!
But, unfortunately Rory’s mentality is not even within the same stratosphere as Tigers, and what’s between the ears is 90% of the task at that level. When Tiger got a sniff, even if he was 2 or 3 back late on a Sunday afternoon, he would have this laser sharp focus that you knew he would get it done. You just knew everything within 10 feet was going in when he was on it.
Rory can often look distracted and lack composure on a Sunday when it matters, I don’t think it’s a nerves thing either. He’s just seems to switch off on the most basic shots, how many times have we seen him fly the green with a wedge in his hand? after getting the hard bit done by cracking a drive 350 yards down the middle.
I suppose that’s also what makes him the most compelling watch as a spectator. He can pull off shots that seem super human and leave you in awe, but he’s also capable of the other extremes and it leaves you scratching your head and wondering how!
