Being from Alabama is punishment enough.
But, as we in Georgia used to say when public school rankings were published yearly and we were 49th: Thank God for Mississippi!!
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I'll shoot at this one like I saw it. Not only was the Tiger at the top comment dead on... Whether or not this was for one golden round or not remains to be seen but for this one golden moment Rory McIlroy was in posession of the swing that Tiger has been working on for the last 6years or so. If he can repeat the swing he had today we just saw a preview of the kid who will come up and challenge for #1 IMO. He would have gone lower if he could putt like these guys, his full swing and distance control blew away everyone elses today, not even a close 2nd in that department.
I'm saddened to see Flomarius flying off the handle here. I saw nothing that indicated anything deserving those comments. If anything I saw a kid who was simply awestruck at his own performance and totally "deer in the headlights" while the commentator did most of the talking.
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Are you being serious?????? This post must be a joke. Rory has had to work extremely hard to get to where is now, his dad had to get a 2nd job so he could fund his sons dream, Rory is a very down to earth guy and appreciates everything in golf, to say Rory has been spoon fed his entire life shows how much you know, it is the complete opposite.
On a more serious not, I know Rory and have played with him on several occasions. He has and unbelievable game and is one of the best ballstrickers I have ever seen. He is fearless and deep down will be thinking he has a good chance of winning this tournament.
PS: Rory was one of my picks in the shottalk open contest, shows how much confidence I have in him.
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Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing.
Fair play to the lad.
I must admit I'm not a big Poulter fan as in my opinion he's more famous for his clothes than he is for his golf game. That said he's worked hard to get where he is and if the clothing brings him extra lolly than fair play to him, we can't all be Tiger, but we need to make hay when the sun shines.
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Rory McIlroy is just a once in a 5 years kind of player, smila to Sergio when he was an amateur. To Flomarilius, Rory actually lives close to a golf course, and his dad taught him how to chip and putt as a youngster, and when he was 8 Darren Clarke was playing the course, but Rory was beating him in chipping comps, so Darren took him under his wing. Phenomenal talent, won the West of Ireland at age 14, 15 & 16 the Irish Close at age 15 & 16 and won the European Amateur this year. He's turning pro after the Walker Cup, hopefully he'll make it all the way
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OK this is the inside background information I was certain would be forthcoming from our members. For a proven player like Darren Clarke (whom I have the deepest respect) to take the boy under his wing is a great story. I researched and saw the Irish Close victories at 15 and 16.
I love watching emerging players. And as I Tivo'ed his swing several times today, I saw a huge move from the top that looks like Hogan in terms of ballstriking.
Too bad he didn't turn pro last week. I'll bet he makes the cut.
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One thing I saw that makes me believe as much as any other that this kid can make it came at about the 16th (I was just getting ready to go out so wasn't paying full attention so it may have been a hole or 2 either side.) He hit a shot to about 4 feet......he missed the putt but it was the way he missed it that interested me. It went a full 5 feet past. He really went to hole it and not to dribble it in.
That kind of fearlessness is the stuff of champions and once his experience starts to catch up with his ambition then he will be some player.
I hope he holds it together the whole week, it's always great to see young players coming through on the big stage.
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While glancing through the tee times to make my picks for the cup, I had to take a second on his name because at first glance I thought it said Roy McAvoy and I thought, howd tin cup get in there.:laugh:
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When asked how to put back spin on a i7,
Trevino said how far do you hit it?
The guy said 120yds and Trevino said why do you want to back it up?
Rory has been playing golf from the age of 2. He comes from a lovely (ordinary) family from Holywood, Northern Ireland. Spoonfed is just laughable, he has worked incredibly hard to get to where he is. His family were by no means rich. In fact what I have heard is that his parents scrimped and saved everything to help their son. I love the fact that he has stayed loyal to his home club over all this time. Everyone in Northern Ireland knows about this young lads precocious talent. And Teh Master has played with him!!!
Some interesting facts:
- He won the world under 10s in USA
- He became a scratch golfer at 15
- Hew plays off +4 and has been ranked in the top 10 amateurs in the world
- He shot a 61 round Royal Portrush in tournament condidtions (See my post about it). I still find that stunning.
- He won the European Amateur last year.
- He helped Ireland to winning the European Team Championships this year
- He is almost a certain for the Walker Cup team this year.
- He is plannning to turn Pro after the Walker Cup
- Darren Clarke has taken him under his wing and sorted him out money/advice wise. He spent a winter in South Africa at Clarke's expense. Clarke first met him when he was 10 and gave him his cell number when he was 13, with the instructions to "call him anytime".
Yes he wears loud clothes but so do half the kids in the country, who love emulating Poulter, Parnevik etc. He has always done so.
I think it is great that he was able to shine under the spotlight yesterday. I hope he wins the silver medal and goes onto bigger and better things. How big remians to be seen but all the signs are there.
I find it unbelieveable that people can try and take this guy down. From what I know and see he is such a nice dude. Anyway...
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Doctors say that you should eat 5 pieces of fruit or veg a day to remain healthy. Last week I ate 5 mouldy plums and that night I shat the bed. What's healthy about that? :shocked::shocked::shocked:
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