I am absolutely staggered that McIlroy has agreed to be wired for sound and give interviews during the first round of the one Major which continues to elude him. Staggered.
Masters 2023
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Golfnut1957
Newbie
Sorry, that was just coincidence. I left the main coverage during what looked like a protracted interview and came back to the main coverage during an interview. It was more a reference to that.
Jason.H
Well-known member
Yes for a viewer to get the thoughts of a top pro. However Rory is after his 1st Masters and doing the walk n talk might be distracting idk
Golfnut1957
Newbie
It's interesting but I'm with Billysboots. It seems to me that he is just inviting even more pressure that he doesn't really need.
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Deleted member 15344
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Didn’t seem to bother him the other week when he did and it might help him relax a bit more - it was great
Agree completely, there is tournament’s where it’s fine and great for the fans, but not in Majors in my opinion, they should be 100% focused on the job in hand.
Cant believe it. Its something that is fine to try to add a bit of extra to an Austrian Open or something workaday. But this is the fluffing Masters !!!
Rory should be trying to win this, not engaging in showbiz nonsense. There is a serious tournament on here.
timd77
Assistant Pro
Yeh it was, very enjoyable, and by the sounds of the ending it was a one off. To be fair, it was fairly simple questions and answers, nothing that he wouldn’t be thinking/discussing with his PPs and unlikely to be much of a distraction. As long as he’s taken it out of his ear now!
Barking_Mad
Well-known member
Not sure what the fuss is about. You can't be mentally switched on between every shot, you'd be a basket case.
sjw
Well-known member
I'm sure we'll have people along in a bit claiming that he's just trying to appoint himself mouthpiece and make it all about him
Jimaroid
Journeyman Pro
Speaking to Rory live during a round has completely blown my mind. That was brilliant. Hope they do more of that.
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Deleted member 15344
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It seems that Rory even volunteered to do it - it was short and simple and gave a good insight. Might well have relaxed him a bit
Hopefully see more of it
Golfmmad
Tour Winner
Why not? If he's prepared to do it I can't see a problem. It might help him to relax a bit, take the pressure off.
Don’t get me wrong, I like Rory and enjoyed the fact he is relaxed enough to do it. But I remain staggered that he agreed to.
Pin-seeker
Well-known member
I didn’t think it was good tbh.
But this is the highest of high level sport. Surely you’d want absolutely no distraction - no interruption to your thought processes.
That’s just my take on it. A low level tour event or something like the Dunhill Links, when you’re alongside your amateur partner, maybe. But the first round of a Major? I just find that a really odd decision. Can you imagine Woods in his prime doing that? Not a chance.
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Deleted member 1147
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You realise that, between shots, players chat and think about other things than golf?
Pin-seeker
Well-known member
Calm down mate,it’s almost as if you want people to criticise Rory just so you can get your knickers in a twist over it when they do
Stop talking about Rory……..Please talk about Rory
Yes. Am I not allowed to express an opinion?
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Deleted member 15344
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Happens a lot in cricket - they have it during every T20 match including the final
If Rory thought that it might have a negative effect he wouldn’t have touched it - but it’s clearly something that he was comfortable doing and it might help him
