Rory McIlroy couldn’t be going into main season with any extra confidence.
It is a very onerous 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 may be attention-grabbing to look at, however he might be filled with confidence after his twenty eighth win on the PGA tour.
You by no means get bored with profitable huge championships and McIlroy has executed it all around the world – he is a {golfing} celebrity.
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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 needs a five-win season – having received 4 instances final yr – and he is already obtained two wins early doorways. And never simply any two wins, two huge ones in The Gamers and the AT&T Pebble Seaside Professional-Am.
During the last yr 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 yr and McIlroy would not have favored that – he would have used that as just a little little bit of motivation. Everybody has to recollect what Scheffler did final yr 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 yr of his profession for therefore lengthy.
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Whenever you discuss 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 a protracted, 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 obtained 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 be on the market.
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Wayne Riley appears to be like forward to The Masters and whether or not Rory McIlroy may full a profession Grand Slam, after the World No 2 received The Gamers
His first win on the DP World Tour was again in Dubai in 2009 and he is had a variety 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 just a little bit lacking however, since he has been with Brad Faxon, he has grow to be a greater putter and Brad has executed a very 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 completely different from him at The Gamers to what I normally see in McIlroy.
I feel his driving was good, his iron plan was good and I feel the placing was sensational, however I feel his chipping – and he is one of the vital underestimated chippers – appeared to have just a little 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 kind 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 discuss it, he would not do it! I’m saying nothing!
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