Rory McIlroy couldn’t be going into main season with any extra confidence.
It is a very arduous factor to exit and win the profession Grand Slam and McIlroy can be certainly one of solely six gamers to do it if he did it. It is going to be attention-grabbing to observe, however he can be stuffed with confidence after his twenty eighth win on the PGA tour.
You by no means get uninterested in successful massive championships and McIlroy has carried out it everywhere in the world – he is a {golfing} famous person.
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Highlights of the three-hole play-off between Rory McIlroy and JJ Spaun at The Gamers, the place McIlroy closed out a second victory on the PGA Tour’s flagship occasion
McIlroy desires a five-win season – having gained 4 instances final 12 months – and he is already received two wins early doorways. And never simply any two wins, two massive ones in The Gamers and the AT&T Pebble Seashore Professional-Am.
Over the past 12 months or so, McIlroy would have seen what Scottie Scheffler was doing. It has motivated him and made him go “well, if Scottie can do that, I can do that.”
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Check out how Scottie Scheffler overcame damage points in 2024 at The Gamers Championship to defend his title
Scheffler gave everybody a great whipping final 12 months and McIlroy would not have preferred that – he would have used that as a bit of little bit of motivation. Everybody has to recollect what Scheffler did final 12 months and his 9 wins worldwide, together with The Masters, the end-of-season FedExCup and the Olympics.
We have seen that earlier than within the sense that Justin Thomas has beforehand had a giant season, Jordan Spieth was doing issues like that when he first burst on the scene. Brooks Koepka has had a stretch of dominance. Tiger Woods, after all, did issues like that each second 12 months of his profession for therefore lengthy.
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Once you speak concerning the nice champion golfers, it is all about longevity and Rory has been right here for a very long time – greater than 15 years now – and he is been within the high 10 for many of that. He is had an extended, profitable profession and the opposite guys have gotten to match that.
The standout participant of the previous couple of years is Scheffler however he is received to do it for a bit longer earlier than we are able to say he is like McIlroy. There may nonetheless be extra to return from McIlroy – his finest peaks should still be on the market.
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Wayne Riley seems to be forward to The Masters and whether or not Rory McIlroy might full a profession Grand Slam, after the World No 2 gained The Gamers
His first win on the DP World Tour was again in Dubai in 2009 and he is had lots of aggressive golf since then, however he stays so captivated with his golf.
McIlroy the shape man for The Masters?
When Rory began his profession, he was the entire bundle. His putter went a bit of bit lacking however, since he has been with Brad Faxon, he has grow to be a greater putter and Brad has carried out a really magnificent job with him.
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Rory is a really constant golfer and he is a really constant particular person. He is a level-headed man and I did not see something any totally different from him at The Gamers to what I often see in McIlroy.
I believe his driving was good, his iron plan was good and I believe the placing was sensational, however I believe his chipping – and he is one of the crucial underestimated chippers – appeared to have a bit of an excessive amount of bounce.
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Rory McIlroy turns into the eighth participant to win a number of editions of The Gamers
I am certain that is one space that he will work on going into The Masters, however, the sport was ok to win. He got here up trumps and could not be in higher type going into Augusta Nationwide.
Will he do it and win the Grand Slam? I am not going to speak about it anymore as a result of each time I speak about it, he does not do it! I’m saying nothing!
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