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> @airjammer said:

> > @ldchristopher said:

> > A guy who can’t consistently putt is never winning the Masters. Rory needs to change up his putting stroke or use an arm lock or something. Also, his wedge game isn’t strong at all. Two of the biggest big keys to winning at ANGC are his two weakest points.

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> Couples and Sergio won it and was never known as a great putters just to name two.

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> He’ll win it when he finally thinks he can’t ala Sergio.

 

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I’m critical of Rory but he will have better chances. Either he will figure himself out or end up with such low expectations he will go in pressure free. Being the favorite this year didn’t help but the softer course conditions are usually to his advantage. His best scenario is to go into the final round trailing by about 3 and in the 3rd to final group and shoot a 64 final round with a 30 on the back nine. It’s going to happen, just don’t know when.

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> @MilkyButterCuts said:

> For me it started when he said that **** about the Olympics.

Agreed. That's when I stopped rooting for Rory. Now I still pay attention to his pathetic wedges and putting, but I don't really care about the outcome.

 

Bogeys matter

 

I'll always believe that being paired with Cabrera didn't help Rory in 2011. Cabrera just hits it and goes. The wasn't going to be any chat or buddy buddy stuff. McIlroy was left with his thoughts and they couldn't have been good from the outset, when he inexplicably missed the first green after a great drive and then blew a 4 foot par putt...to hint at everything to follow.

 

Rory throws away shots as dependably as any mega talented player I've ever seen. If he had been in contention on Sunday I don't doubt a 5th ball in the water on #12.

 

 

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> @ldchristopher said:

> A guy who can’t consistently putt is never winning the Masters. Rory needs to change up his putting stroke or use an arm lock or something. Also, his wedge game isn’t strong at all. Two of the biggest big keys to winning at ANGC are his two weakest points.

 

 

Ummm - Bubba Watson. Twice.

 

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> @RuffingIt said:

> meh...Rory no longer moves the needle for me. And it's not because Tiger is back in the spotlight. Something between the ears in him doesn't jive with me anymore like i remember when he went on a tear in 2014. There was definite fire in his eyes back then. He even admitted that golf isn't as fun anymore, and is more of a business than a game (or some form of that idea). Sponsor obligations, press tours, merch promo appearances, yada yada yada...too much of the business i think killed his enjoyment of the game. Then you add the Master's monkey every year, and tries to down-play the importance. When the pieces don't fall his way on Masters week, he waits a whole another year for another chance...and in the meantime, the rest of the year it feels like he's just going through the motions.

 

I agree.

 

I don't hate him for treating it like a business. Tiger treated it like a business and has won 15 majors and 80 PGA tournaments!

 

I just wish Rory had that same fire and were more ambitious. He's become too timid. He's got that losers mindset of _"I'll be okay with myself if I don't win."_

 

As soon as you hear that it's like, oh, good gracious...cry me a river.

 

Of course you'll be alright, you freakin' idiot. That isn't the question. Anyone with tons of money and good health will be fine. Of course he doesn't need to win to keep having an awesome life. That sort of talk sounds soft and spoiled TBH.

 

The question is whether he feels obligated to win and evidently the answer is no.

 

People who talk like Rory does now don't actually want to do the work that goes into winning. It's a lazy person's way of saying, _'I'll leave it to chance.'_

 

I don't blame average people with average jobs for thinking that way but if you compete for a living!? Dang bro, if you're that weak-minded you don't deserve to win and be glorified like the greats.

 

Look at Phil who has more or less the same number of majors but is still out there giving it his everything. If Rory has Phil's heart, right!?

 

 

It was far more compelling when he was the hot new thing but as of late he's incredibly 1-dimensional.

 

It's impossible to root for a guy who's outed himself as a clunky putter and a poor wedge player. You get good at both of those things through practice so I can only assume he's not practicing as much as he could be.

 

It's entirely on him IMHO.

 

I can only watch so many missed putts and bad approaches before that love kind of turns to hate.

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Soft course there helps the shorter guys, not the bombers. Not surprised.

With his bouncy rip roaring swing Rory is streaky, he'll get it timed right , just not this year.

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Rory had a 1 shot lead on number 10 in 2011. but, i do still agree that statistically speaking that was his best chance thus far. If you recall how that sunday played out, it's amazing he still had a lead on 10. he was 4 ahead of Charl (among others) to start the day. Charl holes an incredible running chip on 1 to cut it to 3 before Rory tees off. A few minutes later, Rory bogeys 1 while Charl holes out on 3 for eagle. Boom. 1 hole in for Rory and they are tied. turns out that Rory wasn't ready to win that day anyway, but that had to be jolt to the system to walk off 1 and already have lost a 4 shot lead. Charl parred everything until the last 4 holes and Rory's demise just manifested itself on 10, 11, and 12. complete meltdown. the main reason I don't think it really affects him the way everyone else does is he won the very next major by a mile.

I hope he gets it done at some point. He seems like a likable guy. I don't know any of these guys personally so we just kind of have to go off what they give us. he seems like one of the good ones.

He'll get more chances but the numbers still say winning any event is a long shot. He's historically played the course very well in the past, aside from this year. It's still a ball strikers course and the list of not great putters to win the event is pretty long.

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I’ve watched him on the range a lot over the years. He’s pretty much in a class by himself, I don’t think I’ve seen him hit an iffy shot. Even Stenson misses shots on the range.

For whatever reason, he doesn’t bring that to the course. I’ve seen him pipe hundreds of 3 woods arrow straight on the range (290 carry btw) and yet on the first tee carve it 40 yards off line. Technique isn’t the issue, confidence is.

 

 

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> @"Awsi Dooger" said:

> > @MilkyButterCuts said:

> > For me it started when he said that **** about the Olympics.

> Agreed. That's when I stopped rooting for Rory. Now I still pay attention to his pathetic wedges and putting, but I don't really care about the outcome.

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> Bogeys matter

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> I'll always believe that being paired with Cabrera didn't help Rory in 2011. Cabrera just hits it and goes. The wasn't going to be any chat or buddy buddy stuff. McIlroy was left with his thoughts and they couldn't have been good from the outset, when he inexplicably missed the first green after a great drive and then blew a 4 foot par putt...to hint at everything to follow.

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> Rory throws away shots as dependably as any mega talented player I've ever seen. If he had been in contention on Sunday I don't doubt a 5th ball in the water on #12.

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I don't know about a ball in the water at the 12th hole, but I agree with you about Rory throwing away shots. He makes a lot of "easy" bogies where he hits the green and 3-putts. So I could see him hitting the green at 12 like Tiger did and then 3-putt from 50 feet, whereas Tiger grinded his tail off to make the 6 footer for par.

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> @Nard_S said:

> Tiger is like Jack, he cares about majors.

> Rory is like The Shark, he cares about FU money a lot more, they both don't have the burn the other two always carried.

 

Imho they all care about money and they all care about major. Jack is more like Shark to be fair, since they all built a business empire based on their brand. Rory is just more accomplished, so he is fine with 4 Majors. Tiger, on the other side, is always hungry for more.

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> @redfirebird08 said:

> He's got at least 15 more good chances at it, maybe 20 if he can stay in strong form up to age 50. There will be plenty of other years with a lot of rain and a soft golf course. At some point he will bring his "A" game and it should be plenty to win considering his incredible talent level.

 

Very well said. the truth is his ball striking will give him a few more cracks there without a doubt. Adam Scott is half the putter Rory is and won there... Hes gonna get hot and contend, no doubt in my mind.Will he get it done? i dont know sincerely. Just like tiger winning last week.We could think it but until he does it who knows

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> > @redfirebird08 said:

> > He's got at least 15 more good chances at it, maybe 20 if he can stay in strong form up to age 50. There will be plenty of other years with a lot of rain and a soft golf course. At some point he will bring his "A" game and it should be plenty to win considering his incredible talent level.

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> Very well said. the truth is his ball striking will give him a few more cracks there without a doubt. Adam Scott is half the putter Rory is and won there... Hes gonna get hot and contend, no doubt in my mind.Will he get it done? i dont know sincerely. Just like tiger winning last week.We could think it but until he does it who knows

 

That would be the best answer. We don't know. If every player won majors at the rate we seem to think they should we would need about a dozen, or more, majors per year.

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Only one player can win each week. Tiger was better than Rory that week.

 

Rory isn't great every week. He's streaky. He has to catch fire (and hope someone else doesn't) at the Masters to win.

 

It's not mystical. It's just really hard to win a major, especially when you aren't a great putter or tactician.

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> @bscinstnct said:

> > @GoGoErky said:

> > Rory isn’t even halfway they his career. He will have plenty of chances to win and this year won’t be the only year it’s soft ad Augusta.

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> Lol, not sure if that was supposed to be funny but well played ; )

 

Lol. He’s too young for cialis commercials.

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> @playa said:

> Rory's struggles at ANGC are well documented. Despite the course being set up for a bomber who hits draws, the greens have always been too much for him to handle. But last week the course was as soft as I can ever remember it, and as we saw Saturday it could be over powered by guys taking dead aim at flags and the ball stopping where it landed. This is the perfect scenario for Rory, as all his majors have come on rain softened courses that he could attack.

> If ever Rory was gonna win a green jacket, last week was it.

 

Lot of truth there, problem is zero reason to bash Rory. His only crime is what? Not being better or perfect?

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> > @playa said:

> > Rory's struggles at ANGC are well documented. Despite the course being set up for a bomber who hits draws, the greens have always been too much for him to handle. But last week the course was as soft as I can ever remember it, and as we saw Saturday it could be over powered by guys taking dead aim at flags and the ball stopping where it landed. This is the perfect scenario for Rory, as all his majors have come on rain softened courses that he could attack.

> > If ever Rory was gonna win a green jacket, last week was it.

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> Lot of truth there, problem is zero reason to bash Rory. His only crime is what? Not being better or perfect?

 

A facts. No bashing there.

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> @bladehunter said:

> > @JAMH03 said:

> > > @playa said:

> > > Rory's struggles at ANGC are well documented. Despite the course being set up for a bomber who hits draws, the greens have always been too much for him to handle. But last week the course was as soft as I can ever remember it, and as we saw Saturday it could be over powered by guys taking dead aim at flags and the ball stopping where it landed. This is the perfect scenario for Rory, as all his majors have come on rain softened courses that he could attack.

> > > If ever Rory was gonna win a green jacket, last week was it.

> >

> > Lot of truth there, problem is zero reason to bash Rory. His only crime is what? Not being better or perfect?

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> A facts. No bashing there.

 

So you think its not going to rain in Augusta the third week in April again? You think 30 yr old world #4 who is younger, more recently accomplished, than the next 25 guys in world golf ranking, wont have more good opps on a course where course knowledge means so much? It's not like he's 49 with the yips or something. Agree to disagree I guess.

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> @JAMH03 said:

> > @bladehunter said:

> > > @JAMH03 said:

> > > > @playa said:

> > > > Rory's struggles at ANGC are well documented. Despite the course being set up for a bomber who hits draws, the greens have always been too much for him to handle. But last week the course was as soft as I can ever remember it, and as we saw Saturday it could be over powered by guys taking dead aim at flags and the ball stopping where it landed. This is the perfect scenario for Rory, as all his majors have come on rain softened courses that he could attack.

> > > > If ever Rory was gonna win a green jacket, last week was it.

> > >

> > > Lot of truth there, problem is zero reason to bash Rory. His only crime is what? Not being better or perfect?

> >

> > A facts. No bashing there.

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> So you think its not going to rain in Augusta the third week in April again? You think 30 yr old world #4 who is younger, more recently accomplished, than the next 25 guys in world golf ranking, wont have more good opps on a course where course knowledge means so much? It's not like he's 49 with the yips or something. Agree to disagree I guess.

 

The fact that even you think it needs to be soft for him to win pretty much backs up the idea that his chances are slimmer than most want to admit.

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