Guys, I wouldn't get too carried away with the number of majors that McIlroy is capable of winning. Keep in mind that he won't play at this same high level for the rest of his career that he' playing at now. Golf is a funny game that is never mastered. He'll fall off at some point when his swing changes. And it WILL change.. Also comparitively speaking, some of the past golfers that we considered the greats didn't win as many majors as you might think. Ben Hogan had 9 wins, Watson had 8, and Lee Trevino and Arnold Palmer had only 7 a piece. So it's not easy winning the Big Ones year in and year out. That's why Nicklaus and Tiger are considered far and away the best ever. But, it's fun to speculate. And whether you call him boring or whatever, McIlroy strikes me as a great young man that will be a good ambassador for the game.
It's not that they laid down when faced against tiger, its just the simple and obvious fact that when tiger is playing to his capabilities, nobody can compete with him.....he is that much better than everybody else....same thing happened with rory this week, he was just that much better than everybody else this week.....
I'm not ready to crown Rory with anything yet though, he won a major, dominated a major, one time. Let's let him prove himself a little more before we put a crown on his head, he's still wearing a tiara imo. Very impressive this week though on a golf course that set up perfectly for his game. Let's let him win a tournament on something other than a lush golf course, with soft greens and fairways. Let's put him on a US OPEN golf course, which is firm and fast with rough that you can't hold a green from and see how he does......great week from rory though, I was impressed and uninterested because he took away the excitement with his great play....his puttter was the most impressive club this week imo, and that's saying a lot because all his clubs were really really good
No doubt Tiger was better then everyone else, but remember alot of high scores from the other half of the twosomes on Sunday in majors. Don't see that happening anymore. Rory is the prohibitive favorite at the British next month, that definatly isn't a lush golf course with soft greens and fairways.
He should be the favorite at the British.....he just won his 3rd career tournament, and first major by 8 shots, and the general public is blowing their load on him right now as if he just came out of nowhere, he's been around for awhile now guys, he didnt just learn how to play golf last week and win his 3rd tournament finally, he played really really really good last week and won, its not some uncommon thing.
There are horses for courses. And Rory at 22 still isn't old enought to have gone through the full rotation of courses. There are still the ones that he simply isn't going to play well on. I remember the media saying somewhat the same things they are saying now about Rory last year after he won his first tournament with relative ease here in the U.S. But he didn't win again here or worldwide after that win. So let's not crown him king just yet. He's still in the learning stages. Keep in mind that Tiger won the Masters by 9 shots in 1997. Everybody thought he was going to win every major tournament after that. But he never won another major that year. And in fact didn't win another major until 1999 when he won just the PGA. It wasn't until 2000 that he had his breakout year. Probably due to having more competetive experience on the PGA circuit.
I think what McIlroy did in the U.S. Open makes Lee Westwood a bit more value for the British Open. I also think he has the better chance of the two since he's played on many more links courses than Rory. I'll probably end up playing Westwood and the Field unless something changes my mind between now and then.
rory reminds me of federer . total class act, gives a great interview and everyone likes him.
doubt you will ever hear anyone say anything bad about him.
it doesnt look like his swing puts that much pressure on his lower body.
so if he stays injury free, i think he'll win between 7 and 10.
i hope he wins 25.
doubt you will ever hear anyone say anything bad about him.
it doesnt look like his swing puts that much pressure on his lower body.
so if he stays injury free, i think he'll win between 7 and 10.
i hope he wins 25.
Part of the problem with McIlroy right now are girl troubles. After breaking up with his girlfriend the dude is now blind in love with a Danish tennis star who is a handful for him. Greg Norman's daughter messed up Sergio Garcia for years. He still isn't the same since their breakup. McIlroy is young. He'll be better off when he dumps that chick and goes the Tiger Woods route and has 50 hookers waiting at each tour stop.. As far as how many majors he'll win, it's tough to say. He has a beautiful swing. But so does Adam Scott and Luke Donald. And they've never even won a major.
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