Rory Mcilroy addresses media silence – with a pointed message

Oakmont, without. – has been done something of a guessing game Among the media gathered in large championships: Will Rory Mcilroy speak after round, or will he not?

He has overlooked too late. A couple of times in the master, all four days in the Championship PGA, the first two days in US Open of this week. He came as a startling something, when he went to the microphone from the Oakmont club after four-74 on Saturday, an uneven show that threw him out the 50 best.

(A aside aside-in person personally don’t have a strong feeling about players who “need” to talk to the media after round. I like it when they do, of course, and I think generally benefits them to speak, but we have no right in their time, nor their words, which immediately explode in the world and can take over. You don’t care.

The session started somewhat difficult. Would this media session be about this week’s tournament or about his media sessions more broadly? Mcilroy was asked to appreciate his open US for this point and began with a two-word response-“average too many”-which set tone.

He offered a mirror in his real game, even offering a silver lining: “I’ve run the ball as good as I have in a long time, so this is at least a positive this week,” he said.

Mcilroy has accepted some wrongdoing after the master now that he has won the Grand Slam career. He also explained it: “I alluded him to my press conference in front of the tournament, you really don’t know how it will affect you. You don’t know how you would react to one-I wouldn’t say a lifestyle case, but at least something I have dreamed of for a long time. I alluded to the fact that, yes, I felt a little flat in the Golf course afterwards. “

It is right to say that Mcilroy was no longer his motivated after falling off the cut line on Friday; He essentially withdrew, describing his line charge when he caught two of his last seven holes to steal inside him.

“Funny funny, like, it’s much easier to be on the cut line when you don’t really care if you’re here for the weekend or not,” he said. “I was thinking, do I really want two more days here or not? So it makes it easier to play better when you are in that mentality.”

Maybe it’s not correct to say that he didn’t caregiven that he caught his club and destroyed a tee marker In those latest holes and given Mcilroy is one of the most famous Golf guardians. But I get his point. Finally, a reporter asked him about Mcilroy’s habit to bypass post -round interview sessions.

Was this part and the disappointment package in the Golf Course? What do you attribute?

“No, not actually. More disappointment with you guys,” Mcilroy said. Oh! This was a particularly pronounced message, the one that he was clearly prepared to give. In what way?

“I’m just, yes, I don’t know,” he added. “I have. I’ve been completely available for the last few years, and I’m not saying – maybe no you Guys, but maybe more everything. “

This explanation had at least a little more meaning. The world of golf media is not particularly big, and Mcilroy has heartfelt relationships with most reporters gathered. His “all thing” iswash seems like the root of the issue – the biggest media apparatus. If that means the interview after the round, the state of journalism or something more specific remains an open question.

Are there any of this derived from the disappointment about Mcilroy’s leaked driver test in the Championship PGA? Yes and no, he said.

“Yes. That was a part of it,” Mcilroy said. But not the whole thing. It’s not like – like, in Augusta I bypassed you guys on Thursday, so yes, again, it’s not common. I’ve done it before; I’m just doing it a little more often. ”

One reporter asked if Mcilroy was money and in the center quite time to earn the right to pass.

“I feel like I have won the right to do whatever I want to do, yes,” he said with a smile.

At the beginning of this week, Mcilroy explained that pro players have the flexibility to talk to reporters or not, unless the tournaments mandate it, it will continue to benefit. Some had speculated that this was Mcilroy taking some kind of attitude and essentially challenging the tournament to mandate media availability, but he clearly denied it.

“No, I’m not daring to do anything,” he said. “I hope They do not change it because this is a beautiful luxury to have. But I’m just pointing out the fact that we have the ability to do it. “

The session ended with a final dose of brevity and apathy. What are Mcilroy looking for open Sunday in the SH.BA?

“Hopefully a round under four and a half hours and get out of here,” he said.

And that was that. The group thanked Mcilroy for its time, it left the interview area and went stairs to the Oakmont club.

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