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[Adi2Dassler]

I do think this will make Rory a much better player though. I'm calling it now, Rors to win two of the remaining 3 majors this year. You heard it here first.

Crazy talk.I've never understood how losing ( and in such a dramatic fashion) could possibly make anyone a better player.I can understand why the player himself says such a thing, he has to try and keep a positive mental state, but observers coming out with it are just being nice

As for winning two majors this year, I'll say he misses the cut in two majors...he'll be decimated by yesterday.

 

[Oddsocks]

ok, so the question is was he chasing a major score and tkaing to many risks. Many players stated there were certain holes that were good birdie holes. he only had to play safe par golf and pick birdies up when the chances come and he would have still finished top 3, instead that meltdown put him outside the top 10. even HID said " awwwww babe, he looks ruined "

 

[C_MAC]

Can we have an Ambulance for a young Irishman please.


Sad to watch in all honesty. Feel for the lad but God knows what lasting damage its gonna do. Hopefully none.

I thought he was Northern Irish??? I guess he is Irish cos he cocked up but he would be British if he won

 

[Whereditgo]

I don't think playing safe is Rory's natural game, he is such a flair and confidence player from tee to green that protecting a score doesn't come natural. We'll never know of course, but perhaps had he just carried on with his normal game it may have been a different story?

Being allowed (by his caddie) to play those miracle shots to save par decimated his confidence and he looked totally shot stood over those short putts after that hole! After that he tightened up and was all over off the tee for a couple of holes, where previously he had been driving betterthan pretty much everyone!

I really hope he can get over this, I think he will, simply because he still has youth on his side, but it's not going to be easy or quick

 

[Dodger]

I think many are forgetting that he hit the ball superb apart from 1 hole really...........it was his putting that let him down big style,not just yesterday but on all of the last 3 days.

 

[Naybrains]

Great comments about last nights finish folks...Truley awesome nights viewing.
If Carlsberg done Sunday nights....
It was the most fun ive had in bed on a sunday night for ages. (hid is 4months pregnant!!)

Couple of things i must mention - 1 Tigger continues to remind us how much of a miserable/arrogant tube he is.
2 Sky tottaly nailed it, liked the idea of the 60sec commercials & Mark Roe's Touch screen/skystrator stuff was very impressive too.

 

[HickoryShaft]

Massivly disappointed for him.

I reckon that Rory is gonna realise just how well liked he is after this - maybe even more than if he had won it.

He is one of the bunch of young guns who are lighting the game up and I don't think he quite realises how many people were rooting for him. People at work who don't know the the difference between a putter and a driver were talking about it and all in a way that suggested they knew of Rory and hoped he could have carried on to win.

I hope he gets out there and wins something quick to get rid of the demons.

 

[richart]

Johnson and Watney shot worse final rounds when leading the US Open and USPGA last year, and bounced back quickly, so here's hoping Rory can as well.

Think Bob may have to deliver a V-Easy to Rory, as it was his putting that let him down more than anything else.

 

[Aztecs27]

I think many are forgetting that he hit the ball superb apart from 1 hole really...........it was his putting that let him down big style,not just yesterday but on all of the last 3 days.

Yep. Which is why I think he'll contend later this year.

Despite his mare on 10, he picked himself back up quite admirably and boshed a stunning drive down 11. Then to hit the iron shot into the green at 11 in the manner he did under the immense pressure he was under, proved to me he has the balls to comeback from adversity.

It was the 3 putt at 11 and 4 putt at 12 that really finished him off IMHO. If he'd holed his birdie putt at 11 and par'd 12, I think we'd be congratulating him this morning as he'd have been right back in it with the two par 5's and momentum his way once again.

He analyses this now and he'll realise it was his putting that let him down (all 4 days). He goes away, works on his putting and he wins a major this year, I've no doubt about it.

 

[birdieman]

Shattered confidence is not something you get over that quickly. Sergio is also a great long game player but is weak with the flatstick under pressure and carries the burden of lost Majors quite heavily.

Blowing a big lead through an inalibilty to handle pressure is painful to go through.

Even if Rory does win several majors that won't really make up for how low and probably embarrassed he felt at the time with the Masters meltdown.

2 majors this years is nonsense. He won't win any without getting some Harrington style grit to his otherwise fabulous game.

 

[thecraw]

Can we have an Ambulance for a young Irishman please.


Sad to watch in all honesty. Feel for the lad but God knows what lasting damage its gonna do. Hopefully none.

I thought he was Northern Irish??? I guess he is Irish cos he cocked up but he would be British if he won

Still Irish too me, if he won he'd still be Irish, like I class G-Mac.

Like Westwood, wonderful ball striker, s4ite putter. Always been fragile with the short stick, maybe he should take a leaf out of Adam Scott's book and bite the bullet. Look how much its turned Scott's game about, haveing that added confidence will soon boost his dented ego.

 

[brendy]

I think he will be putting (excuse pun) more emphasis on his 10 footers and in. He really doesnt need to improve in any other aspect of the physical game. One other thing I would say is that it takes you to be in that position to appreciate it next time round and maybe think things through a little more.

 

[ADB]

My view is that he solely needs some advice on the mental side of the game. I cannot believe he played a 3 wood for his third on 10 - the sensible play was to knock it down to wedge range and then walk away with possibly a 5 and 6 at worst. That 3 wood made any score possible.

His collapse was entirely mental, not an inability to putt.

Practicing putting or changing his putter is not the answer IMHO, he needs a head doctor he can work with.

 

[Aztecs27]

My view is that he solely needs some advice on the mental side of the game. I cannot believe he played a 3 wood for his third on 10 - the sensible play was to knock it down to wedge range and then walk away with possibly a 5 and 6 at worst. That 3 wood made any score possible.

His collapse was entirely mental, not an inability to putt.

Practicing putting or changing his putter is not the answer IMHO, he needs a head doctor he can work with.

Yea, he should book in with that bloke that's on Golfing World sometimes that looks like Peter Barlow from Corrie.

 

[brendy]

JP needed his arse kicked for letting Rory hit that wood.

 

[thecraw]

So four putting from 12 feet is just a mental thing, the pull then the push is just simply a break down in the mental approach to putting????

Sorry but as much natural talent that Rory has, compared to other professionals his putting is very poor in comparison.

 

[ADB]

So four putting from 12 feet is just a mental thing, the pull then the push is just simply a break down in the mental approach to putting????

Sorry but as much natural talent that Rory has, compared to other professionals his putting is very poor in comparison.

I really believe it is Craw. Christ knows he hit enough decent putts over the 4 days, but when things started going awry he couldn't see the lines and, I am sure, was convinced he was going to miss.

Knocking in a 4 footer when the pressure is at it's greatest relies on trusting yourself, a line and the stroke - all of which Rory failed to do as his head had gone. No amount of time on the practice green will fix that IMO.

 

[Macster]

In all honesty, I'm with toonarmy on this one, he looked out of it as he walked onto the range before even teeing off. I remember thinking it, he just looked nervous and tense, and not at all relaxed as someone leading by 4 would/should be.

The bogey on the 1st just opened the floodgates, and although the 'collapse' wasnt until the 10th, he hardly looked like he was in control at any point at all.
No explaining 11/12, his head had just gone, and clearly just wanted to walk off.

TW - still a miserable snarling petulant tw@t, oh....obnoxious and arrogant too. Sure, awesome golfer, but all time 'great' ......do me a favour.

Other than that, GREAT back 9 with so many in with a shout. And yes, Schwartzel had his fortune on 1 & 3, but boy, 4 birdies to finish must be one of the best finishes of anyone anytime ?

Well done Charl.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Have to say that despite his brave face to the media this will chew McIlroy up inside for a long time to come. I think he may get close to contending in the early stages of the other majors as his game is certainly good enough but I think he'll drop away as the pressure mounts up. Lets be honest though it is the first time he has really come close to one of the big ones. You've got to be there to win it and so the lessons learned will one day reap reward but not for two or three years at least. It was sad to see and to be honest some of the three putts looked like a guy looking for the exit. Nothing to do with technique, just someone wanting to get off the course and rushing it

 

[Imurg]

Rory just needs to spend a week putting - nothing else just putting.
He hit 1 poor drive, was leading for 63 holes and putted like a 20 handicapper.
If half the putts he had from 10 feet and in dropped he'd have won. The 1st should have been a easy up'n'down for him, even though the putt was 5 feet or so. It didn't move much.
Same with putts on 11 and 12 and probably a few more as well including the last.
With a better putting stroke he would have walked it and it wouldn't have mattered that he took 7 at the 10th.