Ryder Cup Gives Rory Mcilroy what he asked since masters

Rory Mcilroy was printed on the ground in the green of the 18th in Augusta National and left all – 14 years of emotion and pain came out flooding. Green jackets and Grand Slam careers were at last. But Mcilroy later admitted that he was unprepared to go down After achieving something, he would spend his whole life following.

“Look, you dream of the latest hit on masters, but you don’t think about what comes next,” Mcilroy said before 2025 US Open in Oakmont. “I think I have always been a player who struggles to play after a big event after winning any tournament. I always try to show up the next week because you have just achieved something, and you want to enjoy it, and I want to enjoy a little time you have achieved a goal.

“I think you’re trying to have a little amnesia and forget what happened six weeks ago,” Mcilroy said that day. “Then just trying to find the motivation to get back there and work so hard as I worked. I worked extremely hard in my game from last year to April to April this year. It was good to see my work fruits come in hardening and have everything. But at the same time, you have to enjoy it.

That post-Master’s mistreatment was understandable. Melancholy after success is natural for everyone. Human beings, especially elite athletes, are not bound to find fulfillment in an achievement. Feeling is fast; All that is left is a void and a search for the other target. Human beings are, by nature, constant seekers and wonder, always wishing behind the other thing. Achieving a goal of life often brings the existential question about finding true fulfillment if there is always something else to follow. David Duval revealed that after his 2001 open championship victory. Kevin Durant did not find what he thought would win an NBA championship with Golden State Warriors. After Lydia Ko won the Olympic gold medal last summer to enter the LPGA fame hall, It faced a similar disease.

“I think I thought my life or maybe the way I thought about myself would change when I got into the hall of fame and I did a lot of the things I wanted to do before it really happened, and I’m sure Rory is thinking the same in similar parts where everyone was, oh, masters is the one missing.” before he won.

“I think this is what I have achieved in peace. I think sometimes when it’s right there in front of you and you see all these statistics, you feel like you have to do more. I think some of the things we have already taken, we take them as well.

The post-Masters game of Mcilroy was, for the most part, flat. But he found a new “Everest” as he tried to win the open championship in front of his home crowd in Royal Portrush in northern Ireland. He turned out short, ending up in a tie for the seventh, But he filled his soul As I gave the portrait of Hope on a weekend charge.

“I’ve got everything I loved from this week except a south Claret,” he said after finishing his last round.

Mcilroy’s search for motivation for his next mountain will continue, always changing. While the masters were a fixed target, the next stage of his professional career would be to catch a shooting star. Open is not scheduled to return to Royal Portrush at the moment, though this may change at one point. Mcilroy noted his goals now include Gaining large shifts in iconic countriesNamely, the SH.BA open in Pebble Beach and open in St. Andrews, and he already told us what northern stars he plans to follow while his hair continues to gray.

“Winning the masters, winning an Olympic medal and another Ryder Cup, they are my three goals for the rest of my career,” Mcilroy told the BBC Sport in January.

He checked the largest box in April when he fought and defeated his demons to finally become the champion in Augusta National. After months of waffling between enjoying a dream achieved and looking for something to follow, something to achieve, Mcilroy once again has a clear target with 2025 Ryder Cup in Bethpage Black Now just three weeks away.

“When I look at my career and my whole photo as a golf player, in essence, I’ve done everything I wanted to do,” Mcilroy said Wednesday in front of the open Irishman in K Club. “I think everything after that, is a bonus, but you have to reassess your goals. One thing for me this year to reassess my goals, a Ryder Away cup, after everything that happened this year, would be – I would look back in the 2025 best year of my career.”

Following Europe’s Rome’s victory in Ryder 2023, Mcilroy promised that Europe would defeat Americans in Bethpage and become the first team since the 2012 Europeans to win a Ryder cup. US captain Keegan Bradley said he has shown that clip to some members of his team. They are aware of Mcilroy’s comments two years ago, but Grand Slam’s newcomers still feel strong in European chances in Long Island.

“Honestly, after the step passed, it’s the only thing I was really looking at straight and making sure my game is in the best possible shape,” Mcilroy told Ryder Cup. “I think we have a great opportunity to do something – honestly, one of the biggest achievements in the game is now to win a Ryder Away cup, and I think this European team has a great opportunity to do it.

“I’m excited about the opportunity. I too am excited about the challenge,” Mcilroy said. “We know it will be a very challenging environment to play, but that is what we want. The best players want to challenge themselves, and that is what it will be.”

Rory Mcilroy was looking for motivation. He found something he would miss in the opening, and now, another of his career goals – a shooting star – will come out.

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