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Rory hit driver everywhere. What do you mean by conservative?
 
Chin Diesel said:
Rory definitely lacks the killer instinct and it has hurt him. He wasn't playing like a guy who needed to shoot 65 yesterday in order to win. Almost looked like he tried the equivalency of playing prevent defense in football.
He's a good dude and hasn't ever backed down from an interview or tough question.
A player his caliber in his prime not winning a championship for over 8 years does raise legit questions about his finishing skills.
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He’s an average putter. That doesn’t work on the Tour.
 
uconnfan68 said:
He’s an average putter. That doesn’t work on the Tour.
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This is one heck of a hawt take. Rory is currently #3 in the world, was top ten in strokes gained putting average this season on the PGA tour, and finished 2, 3 (would have been T-2 if he didn't try to hole out yesterday on 18), T5, and 8 in the majors this year.
 
WhereistheDove? said:
This is one heck of a hawt take. Rory is currently #3 in the world, was top ten in strokes gained putting average this season on the PGA tour, and finished 2, 3 (would have been T-2 if he didn't try to hole out yesterday on 18), T5, and 8 in the majors this year.
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British Open 2022: Rory McIlroy just pulled off something that no one has ever done in golf history (And no, it's not good)

Golf fans witnessed something on Sunday that might never happen again.
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Umami Zen said:
No love for Cam Young on the Yard but he showed up on Sunday.. Strong tournament for a PGA rookie
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Kid is an absolute stud. Been watching him since he was 15 and was winning everything in sight in Westchester and Met Section. Very impressive player.
 
uconngb said:
Now paying for announcers too, that’s hilarious. Still not gonna get people to watch.
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I think that is right. Viewership in US will take years before it ever has the possibility of catching on.

That being said, I don't know if LIV is going after America or if it is focusing on Asia and Middle East.

Chuck Barkley is supposedly listening to offers too. Curious if TNT pulls him off NBA coverage if he strikes a deal with LIV.
 
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Nice simple move at the top. He should be around for a long time
 
WhereistheDove? said:
He definitely didn’t sink putts but the suggestion that his putting doesn’t work on the tour is just bonkers.
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Gets more birdie chances than most, makes a few and you think he’s good. Average on the tour is still pretty good. The fact that he had no 3-putts Sunday was remarkable. That he had no 1-putts was equally remarkable. I like the guy, and was rooting for him. Nothing personal.
 
uconnfan68 said:
Gets more birdie chances than most, makes a few and you think he’s good. Average on the tour is still pretty good. The fact that he had no 3-putts Sunday was remarkable. That he had no 1-putts was equally remarkable. I like the guy, and was rooting for him. Nothing personal.
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He was top ten on the entire PGA tour in strokes gained putting average this season. He clearly lost the Open on Sunday because of his putter (and Cam's), but your suggestion that he's "average" is not borne out by the stats. There's also a very solid argument that he was the best overall player on tour this season, so beyond that, any suggestion that his putting "doesn't work" on the tour feels like a pretty significantly reactionary and unsupportable hot take.
 
uconnfan68 said:
Gets more birdie chances than most, makes a few and you think he’s good. Average on the tour is still pretty good. The fact that he had no 3-putts Sunday was remarkable. That he had no 1-putts was equally remarkable. I like the guy, and was rooting for him. Nothing personal.
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He had birdie chances but most were much longer than Cam’s. Having a birdie op from 12 ft is very diff than from 30. His putter wasn’t hot and his irons left him with too many long birdie puts IMO.
 
NJHusky said:
He had birdie chances but most were much longer than Cam’s. Having a birdie op from 12 ft is very diff than from 30. His putter wasn’t hot and his irons left him with too many long birdie puts IMO.
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And those longer birdie putts were due to (1) driving ball so far he could get enough spin on second shot to keep it near the hole, (2) driving to wrong side of the fairway to not give an angle where a shot will end up anywhere near the hole, (3) some average shots when precision was required.

I will say this, 90%+ of PGA tour players could hit every green in regulation if that was the only thing they were trying to do. No joke. If you put a PGA player on most any PGA track and said the only requirement for the day is to hit every GIR, they can do that.
 
WhereistheDove? said:
He was top ten on the entire PGA tour in strokes gained putting average this season. He clearly lost the Open on Sunday because of his putter (and Cam's), but your suggestion that he's "average" is not borne out by the stats. There's also a very solid argument that he was the best overall player on tour this season, so beyond that, any suggestion that his putting "doesn't work" on the tour feels like a pretty significantly reactionary and unsupportable hot take.
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Chill. My opinion isn’t worth your reactionary and unsupportable hot take.
 
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IMO--On that particular Sunday--Open Sunday.. Rory was hitting greens in regulation.. The greens were double greens and what killed him was his proximity to the hole for his first putts. Lag putts most of the time. I thought Rory was focused on beating Victor on the front 9-- Cam's back 9 was epic by historical standards for an Open and it was over.

Rory's strategy was similar to Tiger/Jack strategy for Sunday.. Play smart/conservatively(par golf) and let the pack chase you/come to you. The pack (Cam S and Cam Y) caught up and passed him.. End of story
 
uconnfan68 said:
Chill. My opinion isn’t worth your reactionary and unsupportable hot take.
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Don't be that guy... I'm quite chill, I'm just having a discussion on a message board and providing the stats to show why your point was incorrect. Don't try to flip this around as me needing to "chill" instead of addressing the points.
 
Southington’s Rob Labritz first year eligible for champions tour —teeing it up at Gleneagles in their Open Championship . played w Els in 2nd to last group on Sun for their US Open
 
WhereistheDove? said:
Don't be that guy... I'm quite chill, I'm just having a discussion on a message board and providing the stats to show why your point was incorrect. Don't try to flip this around as me needing to "chill" instead of addressing the points.
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36 putts Sunday. I rest my case.
 
uconnfan68 said:
36 putts Sunday. I rest my case.
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If you’re changing your point to Rory being an average putter on this specific Sunday, you’re not going to draw any disagreement from me. I was referring to original point that he’s an average PGA putter overall.
 
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