Difference between TIGER and RORY

There's a lot of pages to trawl through here, and excuse me if someone has already said it.

Surely the main difference on Sunday was that Tiger (pre 2013) could putt on sunday when he needed to and Rory can't.
 
pendodave said:
There's a lot of pages to trawl through here, and excuse me if someone has already said it.

Surely the main difference on Sunday was that Tiger (pre 2013) could putt on sunday when he needed to and Rory can't.
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I think the main difference, and I've said it before, is that with the lead and playing the way Rory did on Sunday, Tiger of old would have got that round in close to level par and won. Rory hasn't yet learnt to do that. But then I don't think anyone has that ability apart from Tiger so you can't really knock Rory for that.
 
pendodave said:
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Surely the main difference on Sunday was that Tiger (pre 2013) could putt on sunday when he needed to and Rory can't.
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Does Rory ever putt incredibly? It's the rest of his game that's phenomenal! Or off as it was on the back 9 on Sunday! I've never seen him in so many wrong places in so few holes!

Missing the putt for the win was hugely disappointing, but not 'unexpected'. I wouldn't have expected Tiger to miss that putt whwn he was in his pomp!

The putt for par in the playoff was as good as any I saw him make. Coincidence that there was no pressure - maybe.
 
McIlroy's putting of late has been a lot stronger and actually ended up 4th in Putts per GIR last week at PGA National. It's incredibly difficult to win from 'gun to flag' and as Rory is such a fast starter he finds himself in that situation far more than most. Yes, he's no Tiger Woods when it comes to closing tournaments, but back in 2012 people were saying the same thing before he won at TPC Boston, Crooked Stick and Earth Course. Make no bones about it, McIlroy is going to win lots of tournaments this season and I wouldn't be so surprised that his first will be at Augusta in a few weeks.
 
bluewolf said:
Excellent news. It's been a long wet winter, but spring appears to be springing...:D
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It certainly does. Getting up in the morning, getting soaked walking the dogs, going to work, going home, getting soaked walking the dogs, going to bed, doing it all over again the next day and then not being able to play golf at the weekend has been quite depressing.
 
Foxholer said:
I'm with you on this one!

Player won lots, but not by huge margins. Some of Tiger's wins were by huge margins. There was never any talk of 'Player-proofing courses, but there certainly was of Tiger-proofing!

As for your 'Better Travel' challenge, there has ben a vast increase in the opportunities to win, not just compared to Player - who liked to return to SA, but it's just been a lot simpler to get to tournaments since those days.
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My observation about Player was nothing to do with him being a great golfer or how many and by how much he won - more to do with the fact that he introduced the notion of fitness being important for golfers. Tiger certainly picked up on that and ran with it. But as far as I am aware it was Player who introduced the idea.
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
My observation about Player was nothing to do with him being a great golfer or how many and by how much he won - more to do with the fact that he introduced the notion of fitness being important for golfers. Tiger certainly picked up on that and ran with it. But as far as I am aware it was Player who introduced the idea.
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As LondonLewis posted, and I agreed, it was more about the impact of the fitness on other players as opposed to introducing it or using it to become a winner.

I'm sure there were others who did some sort of Golf fitness work, but Player is definitely the name that stands out. I'm not sure whether he preached about it as much while he was playing PGA Golf as during his Champions period. Being short, he certainly felt needed to be stronger to compete! The likes of Doug Sanders had different methods of acquiring flexible hips!
 
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