“Start how it means to continue,” Mcilroy said he told his Caddy during his interview after round with CBS ‘Amanda Ballionis after ending in 21-nine-par. “I am as determined this year as I have been in any of the years I have been here in PGA Tour, and to win this win this early, it means a lot.”
Mcilroy arrived at one of the golf cathedrals feeling “sharper” than he normally shakes in California. 35-year-old Ireland Norther closed himself to a three-week imiter in the fall to fix some issues he diagnosed in his back. He played more recreational golf than usual during December and posted a T4 conclusion on Hero Dubai Desert Classic a few weeks ago.
For four days along the Carmel coast, Mcilroy withdrew and hit fresh wedge. He threw himself into a quarrel with a 65 without Bogey in harsh conditions on Saturday and took control of the last round with birds at 10 and 12 before putting his stamp on the tours with an eagle in par-5 14.
Mcilroy held his car 339 yards and then hit an iron 7 in 27 meters before holding the putt.
“I think he is the most impressive player I have ever played with,” said Sepp Straka, who kept the 54-story leader, said Sunday’s round. “He simply hits it incredibly well, hits it away, but also as direct to how far it strikes it. That kind of 14th hole sums up, just a car bomb down there. We both We hit the seven;
“When he is good, he is great and when he is not great, he is good,” Lucas Glover said after the round. “There is a reason he has a 20-way win and a gang of diplomas and the game he has. Many he is a talent, one of the best in the world, and perhaps one of the best to ever play.”
Mcilroy power is always blinded. Few things can stop him in a golf course when heated, and the swelling in his step arrives.
This is besides yourself.
Mcilroy’s game was pristine this week along the idyllic coast of Pebble Beach. He had only everything that worked. He won 0.68 strokes from Tee, 1.69 in greens and 2.32 in access to data golf.
But Was something else This should make Mcilroy feel as if he will really continue how he started.
The big champion four times has often been his worst enemy on the course, especially when things are not going perfectly with his oscillations. Mcilroy course management and decision -making often face control, especially in large championships.
But Mcilroy entered the season with another mentality, hoping to imitate the man who is now attending – Scottie Scheffler.
“I didn’t make any mistake,” Mcilroy said after shooting a 65 without Bogey on Saturday. “One of the things I want to do this year is to try to limit my mistakes and play without Bogey. Three of my last rounds have been that way: the last round in Dubai, the first round here, And now this round.
For Golf Statistics Guru Justin Ray, Scheffler has had 102 rounds since the beginning of 2022 with one or less Bogeys.
This discipline, avoidance of the risk and the ability to stay in itself when things start to slip has allowed it to win nine times in PGA Tour in the past seasons, including seven years.
Mcilroy scored what makes Scheffler so stable and plans to chase the lawsuit in 2024.
“I am a great admirer of Scottie for many different reasons, but whenever I play with him, and I see how he plays and how disciplined it is, it’s a really interesting thing to see,” Mcilroy said on Sunday when He talked about the importance of the strategy and being a conservative to play Golf without Bogey. “And I’ve alluded to this this week, but honestly, just trying to get a little leaves from his book.
“I think that when one of your peers has the year like him last year, and sincerely the year he had in ’23 he is separated from the rest of the fields. For me, these are the two great things he does better than Everyone else. what I am trying to do. “
Mcilroy has been one of the best players on the planet for 15 years. He has won everywhere. On Sunday, it became only the third golf in the last 30 years to win 27 PGA Tour events and four or more degrees. The other two are Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson.
Mcilroy’s game has never been the question. When everything is clicking, he has a gear that, if any, have.
However, course management and his decision-making have destroyed him during his large 10-year drought. There have been non-characteristic errors and self-sacrificed wounds.
It is clear that Mcilroy has studied Scheffler and what allows him to give himself so many opportunities to win. Scheffler rarely removes himself from war with a poor decision. He is ruthless Tee-to-Green, giving himself a marking of chance after marking chances with smart and controlled shots.
If Mcilroy can constantly get into it, as this week did at Pebble Beach, his golf superpowers will become even more difficult to overcome his peers, and a big year may be on the horizon.
Golfit.com editor
Josh Schrock is a writer and reporter for golf. com before entering Golf, Josh was the interior of Chicago Bears for NBC Sports Chicago. He previously covered 49ers and Warriors for NBC Sports Bay Area. A native Oregonian and Uo alum, seduces and spends his free time walking with his wife and dog, thinking about how the ducks will break his heart again, and trying to become half a professor into pieces. A true romantic for golf, Josh will never stop trying to break the 90 and will never lose confidence that Rory Mcilroy’s main drought will end. Josh can be reached in josh.schrock@golf.com.
