Rory McIlroy

Hard to fault losing to a -8 round. Before the day I thought a -2 or -3 would be enough. Ratboy had his putting grove on again after losing it on Saturday. 

Golf is such a tough one, not much you can do to influence your opponent, on another day -18 would have been enough to win. Tough one for him to take tho

oldbilly wrote: I don’t know why, as I’ve little or no interest in golf, but watching mcilroy lose warms the cockles, can’t stand the lad.

He completely blew it today, the course in those conditions was playing about a par 68 for those lads, so 70 was a poor score when it mattered most. Nine years now without a major by the time the masters rolls around next April.

Drumcondra 69er wrote: You Tell Me wrote: He completely blew it today, the course in those conditions was playing about a par 68 for those lads, so 70 was a poor score when it mattered most. Nine years now without a major by the time the masters rolls around next April. Have to think having his mate caddying for him instead of a proper professional caddy has cost him a couple of majors in the last few years. Might only count for 3 or 4 shots over 72 holes but that was the difference between winning and losing today. Think that's overly harsh. No bogeys, hit every green in regulation, no three putts. He didn't do anything wrong per ce.  Not saying he didn't need to to do more but for someone to hit six under on one back nine at the final day of a major is genuinely staggering stuff. It was incredible from Smith.

Edited by BrendanD88 - 18 Jul 2022 at 12:24am

Don’t understand the hate.  

He did represent Ireland at the last Olympics. He could have played for Team Great Britain ( a branding name that irked unionists by excluding NI-they wanted it changed to Team UK ) but he chose to stay with Ireland as he had represented them through the youth structures. He did once say that he felt more British than Irish, and his background growing up in Holywood would have been typical of many Alliance Party types who are not exercised by traditional nationalist/unionist politics and whose votes are ultimately likely to decide a border poll, but he is no Declan Rice at the end of the day.

Edited by Green Cockade - 18 Jul 2022 at 10:59am

Green Cockade wrote: He did represent Ireland at the last Olympics. He could have played for Team Great Britain ( a branding name that irked unionists by excluding NI-they wanted it changed to Team UK ) but he chose to stay with Ireland as he had represented them through the youth structures. He did once say that he felt more British than Irish, and his background growing up in Holywood would have been typical of many Alliance Party types who are not exercised by traditional nationalist/unionist politics and whose votes are ultimately likely to decide a border poll, but he is no Declan Rice at the end of the day.

Green Cockade wrote: True, likely because it’s a bit easier to qualify with Team Ireland rather than issues regarding identity.