What is next for Rory Mcilroy? This crazy nba golf champion has thoughts

Funltown, without. – Rory Mcilroy said he planned to “send it” anywhere Philadelphia Cricket Club in the Truist championship.

So, on Thursday, I tried to see if a Golden Age Golf Course could fight a generative driver armed with modern technology.

Mcilroy hit his car in the first PAR-4 333 yard hole and made par. In the 2nd hole, a Par-4 381-Obligation, Mcilroy exploded 373 yards.

“Wow,” said a voice behind me with a thorn while Mcilroy left toward his ball on a street toward a light bird.

It was Kyle Lowry, a 19-year-old NBA veteran and 2019 World Champion with Toronto Raptors. Lowry is a member of Philly Cricket and Sicko certified golf (He played in pro-am this week).

Like many golf fans, Lowry climbed to television last month as Mcilroy encountered his demons During a wrapper of a nine roller in Augusta National that eventually ended up in an exorcism, green jacket and a magnificent career of career.

“I think this is just a mental hardness,” Lowry golf.com told Mcilroy’s victory. “He put the job. He made some mistakes. But he realized to stay in the course of his game, to stay the process, and he continued to give up.

“You put the job, you make the effort. You set the time. The time just has to be correct. The time has to be right. For Rory, I think the time of that was perfect.”

While Mcilroy masters earn more, short is the list of athletes that have traveled a similar route at the highest levels of sports. Only a few selected have scratched and caught in a summit that seemed uncontrollable and then wondered what comes next.

Lowry is one of them.

Former Villanova Wildcat, who is now 39, was a staple of Toronto Toronto Raptors’ teams that constantly had their hopes for the NBA title broken by Lebron James. Three years, Lowry and Raptors entered Play off as one of the main seeds, having won 51 or more matches. Yeardo year, James and Cleveland cavaliers improperly jumped them.

So, year after year, while Mcilroy came out short in masters – sometimes agonizing so – Lowry could be associated with Mcilroy’s heart in a way that some other golf fans could.

To feel that you have all the tools needed to achieve an eternal dream, but to come up constantly – whether because of your mistakes or the cold shoulder of destiny – is tired of those who are blessed with rare talent and an unsaturated work ethic and resistance to match.

“He had the opportunity after opportunity after opportunity,” Lowry told Mcilroy. “It happened to me to lose to one of the biggest players increasingly and again in Lebron James. When (Mcilroy) took an opportunity to take advantage and when we got an opportunity to take advantage of it, we used it. That’s what happened. He used it. Just like us.”

Be it his 2011 masters collapse, his 2022 open loss or US open shocks in the Los Angeles Country Club and Pinehurst No. 2, Mcilroy continued to climb back to the ring in large championships. Filled with hope and confidence that his time would come, he never repented. This is a low quality knows. The mental installation required to endure heart pain and torment, just to risk being damaged again, is unusual. But Mcilroy has it. Lowry, too.

“We’re different,” Lowry said with laughing. “Some people would say we’re a little crazy or a little cafeteriaBut this is who we are. We want to be the best in our fields and continue to work on it. That’s what we want. Our passion is to be there and do it over and over, no matter what failure looks. Just keep going. “

When Mcilroy’s last point fell On Sunday of the masters, he knew as his feet, tired of holding such a burden, were finally given the way. When he left the 18th Green, you can almost see the weight he had performed for 14 years distributed by him.

“It was all relief,” Mcilroy said after. “There was not much joy in that reaction. It was all relief.

“I’ve come here for 17 years, and it was a decade-plus of emotions that came out of me there.”

When James finally left the Eastern Conference before the 2018-19 season, the road was cleaned for Lowry and the new teammate Kawhi Leonard to do it in the NBA final, where they confronted Dynastic Golden State Warriors. Lowry cleared the final obstacle on his journey to the Larry O’Brien trophy in six games, with injuries to Kevin Durant and Klay Thompson playing a factor. When Steph Curry’s last landing at the end of the game 6 landed in the hands of Lowry, he ran to Midcourt with his arms lying while all his past Play off failures were melted.

“It”s the best high you’ll ever get,” Lowry said for that moment. “This high and fair relief is all you worked on and more.”

Mcilroy arrived at the Philadelphia Cricket Club in hoping to win another signature event, but with one eye in the PGA championship next week at the Quail Hollow Club outside Charlotte. Mcilroy admitted that he will be “less on the advantage” next week now that his big drought is over and the Grand Slam career is complete.

But thinking that Mcilroy will see any win or other tunks, like gravy on top of a career of the Hall of Fame would be a mistake.

Lowry knows that the buzzing from profit is fast. For the best, all that matters is what comes next. For Lowry, a liberated Mcilroy will be a more dangerous predator than the one who reached Augusta National in early April. The content of the mountain is not enough. There is always another peak.

“No, no, no,” said Lowry. “He wants it again. And again. And you have everything you want, but why not continue to be better? You’ve worked this too much. Just because you have reached it once, you want to feel so high again. That’s a high you can’t go back again. That’s why athletes follow it because it is unmatched.”

Two hours later, Mcilroy went up to the germ after his first round 66 and was asked what we think we, golf media, should talk next week now that his big drought is over.

“Hopefully within two weeks you are talking about me being a big champion six times instead of a big champion five times,” he said.

Rory Mcilroy is climbing again.