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How Many Majors Will McIlroy Win Throughout His Career??

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  • #32
    rrpc
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,244 ✭✭✭rrpc


    GreeBo wrote: »
    I think he should not just focus on majors yet. Tiger played in and won everything for years, winning is a habit, I think he should try to win more tournaments not just the majors

    This is so true. At the moment, his majors/major tournament wins are a very high percentage of his overall wins. Almost ridiculously so. 13 wins with three majors and some pretty big tournaments like the BMW PGA.


  • #33
    Tobyglen
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    GreeBo wrote: »
    I think he should not just focus on majors yet. Tiger played in and won everything for years, winning is a habit, I think he should try to win more tournaments not just the majors
    Strange comment. He's obviously trying to win other tournaments, It's not like he doesn't want to win the tournaments he enters, he plays more than Woods did aswell.

    He's just not as prolific as Woods, competition is probably tougher aswell.


  • #34
    aveytare
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 364 ✭✭aveytare


    Woods didn't really start picking up majors til his mid-twenties as well and won his first a few years before his second. Anyway McIlroy seems to have his head in a good place so maybe he'll become a bit more consistent.


  • #35
    Golfnut77
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 107 ✭✭Golfnut77


    If he got to 10 that would be an incredible achievement. Tiger had pretty much 3 guys that challenged him in Singh, Mickelson and Els when you compare that to today and the guys competing with McIlroy, I think it's going to be harder for him to reach the amount of majors that Nicklaus and Woods have.

    I wouldn't be a massive McIlroy fan but his game is incredible, he was the only guy in the field capable of producing those 2 eagles on Saturday at such an important time. I just think his attitude is questionable at times and he doesn't appear to have the desire that Tiger had. But since he called off the engagement his game has gotten back to where it was so obviously things with the missus were weighing on his mind and he's now focused on his golf so maybe now we'll see him dominate like he did 2 years ago.


  • #36
    ib_sanf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 54 ✭✭ib_sanf


    I reckon he'll get something comparable to Gary Player. i.e about 10.

    For sure he is capable of getting into the Tiger, Jack category. I just don't think he's as obsessed as they are/were to keep going and going for records.

    I would say he'll be quite driven to complete the slam. In the longer term rather than chasing Tiger/Jack I'd see him getting involved in other stuff outside golf, bit lIke somebody like Greg Norman or Gary Player, and I think I read a quote from him in the past saying he didn't plan to still be playing in his forties - quite a bit of foresight for somebody so young! - and that was a few years ago.


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  • #37
    Seve OB
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    GreeBo wrote: »
    I think he should not just focus on majors yet. Tiger played in and won everything for years, winning is a habit, I think he should try to win more tournaments not just the majors
    Tobyglen wrote: »
    Strange comment. He's obviously trying to win other tournaments, It's not like he doesn't want to win the tournaments he enters, he plays more than Woods did aswell.

    He's just not as prolific as Woods, competition is probably tougher aswell.

    Not really. Maybe Rory is just laying up in some tournaments and trying to keep the ball in play and play safe rather than going for everything :D :rolleyes: ;);) :p :eek:


  • #38
    mike12
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    When Woods was playing well everyone was that afraid of him once his name appeared on a scoreboard the rest were going into reverse. That will never happen again the guys now all feel they can win Majors and beat anyone.
    I could see rory getting to around 10 by 30 and then deciding he had enough and walking away. earlier in the year and last year he looked a bit like Serigo a couple of years ago he just wasn't in love with golf any more it had turned into the day job that was getting in the way of life.
    Reckon he could go on a run now like he did a couple of years ago and win the PGA in a couple of weeks.


  • #39
    pickarooney
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    Has anyone a graph of the ages of all the winners of the majors over the last 30 years or so?


  • #40
    rrpc
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,244 ✭✭✭rrpc


    pickarooney wrote: »
    Has anyone a graph of the ages of all the winners of the majors over the last 30 years or so?
    Hope this matches your expectation. Each series is a number of major wins from 3 to 8. I could have gone farther but the population drops significantly after 8 wins ;)

    315380.jpg


  • #41
    Boskowski
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    It is really hard to say. He's an exceptionally talented guy and he's got 3 already. I would definitely think he has another 3 in him but it could also be another 10 or more. Only time will tell, a lot depends on how he develops as a player and character and of course we don't know whether some other mega prodigy comes along in 5 years time and prevents him from winning loads. Surely Mickelson or Els would have a few more only for Tiger.


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