Rory lost out due to 2 missed putts from <4ft, he'd been knocking them in all day. Pressure I suppose.
Have a female cousin who is a golf fanatic and sneers at overpaid footballers. I remind her that an underachieving McIlroy is worth more than footballers who have achieved more in the most popular, widely watched sport in the world. All down to endorsements.
Putting has always been his nemesis. I have a friend who played on the European Tour and is best friends with Lee Westwood., When they played as juniors it was always Westwood who finished second to him. When he went on to the tour, for about 5 years he was second in greens in regulation every year but never won or made a top 10. He couldn't putt for toffee under tournament conditions. He retired and went to work for ISN (International Sports Management) ..
Rory on his toes as soon as he knew he hadn’t won, according to the press. Refused to do interviews and didn’t congratulate Bryson, allegedly. If that’s the case then it’s a poor show IMO. Shows what sort of bloke he is.
Absolutely imploded under pressure,it was his to lose and he duly obliged. I usually back 4 or 5 players in the big tournaments and majors.I had £5 E.W on Dechambeau with Bet 365@ 20/1 and with 3 holes to go I'd resigned myself to collecting place money.I couldn't believe the 2 putts he's then went on to miss and he looked like a broken man in the scorecard room. That said,he should've congratulated Dechambeau then went off to drown his sorrows...
That’s a very quick opinion on his character , he’s been an absolute champion for the PGA and Bryson et al , he’s always been respectful , intelligent and decent . He IS an emotional bloke and it has hampered him , I’m sure he’ll have called Bryson v soon after , you never hear about the other less popular guys who will have done the same . The US crowd absolutely love Rory Don’t look for negatives in people we’re all human , even at my golf level I come across massive golf sulkers just for a few quid . He got done by Cam Smith at the Open because Smith had an absolute miracle of a putting performance , he’s been nowhere since
Harsh judgement, maybe he reacted rashly on this occasion but it doesn't show 'what sort of bloke he is'. If he was like that he wouldn't be so popular.
Not sure you can say putting has always been his nemesis Didn’t they say the last time he missed putts that short was nearly 500 putts ago?! Fair play to Bryson. He stuck at it. Although I don’t like the whole LIV thing I do think Bryson is the one good thing from it. He seems to have relaxed and appears a genuinely decent bloke. Does some great free tutorials online, was signing hats between holes yesterday and even asked the crowd not to give his playing partner **** for not putting out to give him the last putt. To be doing that right when you have one putt for a Major is amazing I think
‘ If you can meet success and failure…..’ I don’t think my judgement was harsh at all. He showed no class and should be called out for it. As for him being popular? Not so sure about that, I’ve read some of the online comments and there’s a lot of people out there who have the same opinion of him as me. A petulant man child. It’s all about opinions at the end of the day.
It is about opinions, but he always seems popular on the course, let's see how the crowd reacts to him at Troon next month.
Rory put in a tremendous performance. It was brave putts, and great putts, that got him back in it. The first short miss was bad - but that’s pressure. The one on the last had a huge borrow on fast greens - you can’t guarantee even a four footer in those circumstances. I feel for him, but he shouldn’t have taken driver on the last. He hits it long enough that he didn’t need to. That said, Bryson deserved the win for hanging in there and his superb bunker shot on the last. Of all the LIV golfers, I don’t mind him winning because he’s good entertainment value.
Bitter-sweet day for McIlroy. Took home $2 million for second place. Had 2 puts that cost him $1 million each for missing top spot. Life's all about choices says Rory ! Tough day eh ?
