Rory McIlroy: Contender Or Pretender For PGA Championship? - Dog Leg News

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Tom Edrington spent the first 10 years of his misguided youth as a sports writer for the Tampa Tribune. His career brought him face to face with many of sports greatest stars -- Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Muhammad Ali, Don Shula, countless Hall of Fame NFL stars, more PGA Tour players than he can count. In 1980 he was honored by the Golf Writers Association of America for writing the best news story that year, his coverage of Jack Nicklaus' U.S. Open victory at Baltusrol. Today, 36 years later, golf is still a great part of his life, thanks to competitive playing days and the wonderful people he has met on this fabulous journey.

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    JimmyD5cc

    I’m a Rory fan and it does seem that there is something wrong with his game – – especially his putting; So this week will be a good test for him; and we shall see if he plays better than he did at Augusta.

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      Tom Edrington

      He needs to….

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    baxter cepeda

    Feel like your asking me.
    Rory is obviously a contender. But from what i remember of bethpage, disasters abound.

    Rory is on tv now saying he will not look at Bethpage and expects it to be a ‘regular week’ setup.
    Rory clearly doesn’t lack confidence entering pga championships; possibly too much confidence?

    I don’t think it matters what Rory does at quail hollow. He rolls out of bed and shoots in the low 60s in Charlotte.
    I certainly would put some cash on Rory this week.
    But next week is a whole different monster; with those pesky first 9 and final 9 major pressures. And with so many men with a chance, sometime no bet is a good bet.

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      Tom Edrington

      Baxter, yes we are posing the question…..kind of reminds me of the movie Mr. Baseball when the Japanese manager told Tom Selleck that he had “a hole in his swing”….Rory has a hole in his game somewhere and his game in majors gets washed down that hole….

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        baxter cepeda

        Who doesn’t have holes ?
        Rory has some holes; he is obviously not consistently world class at putting and wedge game. But he get those two right here and there and wins more than most.

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          Tom Edrington

          So far, if you look at his career and see that he hasn’t won a major since 2014 and won two that year, you wonder how much he is or is not improving. Was 2014 a “flash-in-the-pan”? It’s going on five years now so quite frankly, the jury is very much undecided at this point.

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            baxter cepeda

            How long was Tigers dry run?
            Rory is no flash. There’s just a lot of depth.

            I believe today’s tech is a disadvantage for Rory. He hits it great. But today’s tech allows many bombers to excel with less than Rory’s stellar swings. Imo Rory’s swing would shine in any era.

            Rory is 3o. Upside wanes and improvement are never steady. Golfers have ups and downs. But McIlroy is already one of the most talented golfer so on Earth and that won’t change for 2 decades.

            These days specifically He has a chance to win every week… except Masters week.
            It takes patience but But It’s only a matter of time with Rory and majors, including the Masters.

          2. Tom Edrington

            Fell asleep on Friday….double-bogey, bogey finish…..bleah

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