rksquire
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Who does Aimpoint currently caddy for?
Rors & Fitzgerald
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User 105
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Sports psychologists say if what you've been doing hasn't been working and you have no idea what to do, just change something, anything.
smange
Journeyman Pro
Maybe JP did and showed the benefits of it to Rory via Homers vlog and that's why he's now collecting his P45 😙
Currently part timing it for a couple of pros and a bunch of noones.
garyinderry
Ryder Cup Winner
Really surprised that I haven't seen an article on why Rory's putting isn't up scratch.
Maybe some of you lot who have watched him more closely than I have in recent time can tell me if there is any reoccurring themes to his missed putts.
Maybe some of you lot who have watched him more closely than I have in recent time can tell me if there is any reoccurring themes to his missed putts.
I personally think his putting isn't awful (it could be better of course), his loose wedges are doing more harm than good.
His overall putting ranking last year was top 20 so he isn't the worst.
Pin-seeker
Well-known member
Surely swapping putters every 2 minutes can't be good.
It's a putter fgs,find one you like the look of and stick with it.
It's a putter fgs,find one you like the look of and stick with it.
Slab
Occasional Tour Caddy
Well hes changed virtually his entire kit & in some cases his swing and grip too trying to find winning form so maybe inevitable that the caddie would go at some point
Cant blame him for looking at all possible routes to fix the problem but if it doesn't work sooner or later he'll have to admit that he the only constant left
Cant blame him for looking at all possible routes to fix the problem but if it doesn't work sooner or later he'll have to admit that he the only constant left
This post seems very much on the money.
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What problem ?
Golf is a game of ups and downs relying on form - McIlroy is known to be a streaky player , his career is littered with peaks and troughs. It wasn't that long ago he was winning the Fed Ex - don't see his swing being much different , he changed his kit because his manufacturer decided to stop making golf equipment- , he has spent time finding what he likes , he has also had to deal with an injury that hit at a time when he was in form. A couple of missed cuts and suddenly people talk as if he has this major problem - he had 6/7 bad holes at the Open but played superbly to get back into it and finish 4th.
The same talk was happening a couple years back - he then went on to win two majors. I have no doubt he will go on to win a good number more. Any problem he may have right now is just down to form which all golfers go through
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McIlroy is, imo, the best in the world, the perceived problem Phil, is the streakiness you describe, he has the ability to dominate or constantly be challenging for all the Majors.
Call it bad luck or list excuses, fact is, he was expected, due to his talent, to be consistent.
Maybe that's unfair by the media and the fans, but it can't be denied that no one thought he would have all the peaks and troughs you describe and what we would see is a career of peaks.
Hopefully now he is injury free and happy with his kit we will see the consistent free flowing Rory back to his best and dominating events.
njrose51
Challenge Tour Pro
A thought but perhaps JP wasn't strong enough / or lost the confidence to control Rory and his go for it attitude? We all know that Rory says if his driving is going well, he plays better. But does he need to destroy a course with monster drives all the time? Perhaps a new bagman will be able to help him play a more strategic game with all of his clubs? I don't know what his driving accuracy stats are but knowing his distance, taking a 3w or an iron will get him just as far down the fairway I would have thought. Or saying "look R, the driver is not your friend today, take a 3/iron etc lets get in the game rather than scrabbling etc."
Slab
Occasional Tour Caddy
You might not think there's a problem but even without talking to him i'm pretty sure he thinks there's a problem
How long will he be streaky in the majors though, its obvious that's what his playing schedule is about
I'm sure he has more wins in him and probably Majors too but he wont want the run of no-major since 2014 to drag on, he might feel it could become a habit rather than a streak
turkish
Journeyman Pro
I have been trying to look at Odds on McIlroy never winning another major but can't find anything anywhere. What odds do you think he should be?
I like Rory, I think he's a great player and a great ambassador for the sport but I also think too much off course life and commitments affects him more than other tour pros plus he can't putt for ****
I like Rory, I think he's a great player and a great ambassador for the sport but I also think too much off course life and commitments affects him more than other tour pros plus he can't putt for ****
Jacko_G
Blackballed
I disagree, out of the top 10 in the world he clearly has the worst short game from what I can see.
Off the tee, long game he's probably the best.
He's certainly not "finished" but there is something not quite clicking in his world right now. He fought back well at The Open but prior to that in Ireland and Scotland his head was down and he had the demeanor of someone who had thrown in the towel.
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He was 2nd in putts at The Open, top 10 for scrambling, he's not settled for whatever reason, but he isn't that far off.
It was his long game and off the tee at the Open that caused most of his issues.
Yant
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All about his putting imo. If he gets his putter going he will challenge, as the rest of his game is usually in good shape.
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I think people are incorrectly focusing on his putting, he's missing putts for pars because he has messed up the hole earlier, he had 8 putts less than Spieth at the open averaging 27 putts per round, the best avg was 26.
His strength off the tee and long irons is were his stats have dropped.
His strength off the tee and long irons is were his stats have dropped.
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He will be streaky for the rest of his career - all golfers will be , the field is that good now it's going to be hard for any golfer to be consistent to a high level - any time a major starts there is a a list of about 10-20 that realistically can win it - no golfer is going to dominate.
It's more than likely down to expectation driven from the media and people expecting McIlroy to dominate like Woods - but no matter how talented his is it's just not going to happen - the competition is too strong. The same media that put him on a pedestal will then shoot him down when he has a run of poor form.
It even happened on here - he struggled mid season with injury , misses a couple of cuts whilst finding form since that injury and people wrote him off - talk of missing the cut in the Open etc etc - he then goes and actually plays superbly after that initial poor start to actually find some form and yet some will continue to go on about the missed cuts before that.
In his last 12 comps he has missed the cut three times , 3 top 5s amongst other placings - before that he won the Fed Ex winning two in a matter of 4 weeks. It will be the same for the end of the season and then the same next season - missed cuts , wins , struggles. That's golf now and all the players go through it
Curls
Journeyman Pro
If you email an online bookmaker they'll usually quote you for this type of bet. Rory is usually between 6/1 (PGA) and 12/1 at most for any major he tees it up at. Staying fit and healthy he's probably in for another 40 odd majors before he's 40. The odds you'll get on him never winning another major are huge, but maybe wait until two weeks time because despite what's being said about him Quail Hollow is his turf. I'm looking for value in the each way market. I fully expect him to win.
