Oakmont, Pennsylvania – When I first met Rory McIlroy, he was 19 years old and had not yet been in the first game of a professional in the United States. In the Brown Bag in Southern California, he talks about the world of traveling from amateur golfers in the suburbs of Belfast. What he saw! Grand (Opera in Sydney), Fun (Disney World in Orlando) and Struggle (Slums in Mumbai). He is a prodigy with a broad view of the world. He was unexpected.
In the years since, McIlroy talked about his growing list of readings, his humanitarians heading to Haiti, his psychologists and his insights, his parents and their sacrifices, his daughter and her favorite movies. He was happy about victory and failure. He talks, talks and talks, and many of them are interesting, insightful and smart. Especially with the driver in his hand, his swing came out of a golf dream. There has never been a person like him in the history of the game. He loves it very much.
On April 13, he won the first Masters on Augusta’s 16th trip and became the sixth player to win a career Grand Slam. It’s golf’s most popular win since Tiger won his fifth Masters in 2019. It is very popular. On May 4, he turned 36. From the outside, Rory McIlroy showed health, wealth and wiseness after his years.
Then, on the eve of the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow, he was told that his driver, the driver who won the Master, did not pass the USGA consistency test. As time goes by, the face that degrades the face becomes too thin. On Friday of the PGA Championship, there was a report about the failed driver on the Siriusxm PGA Tour Radio. From the outside, Rory McIlroy – the beloved Rory McIlroy, his six majors and his professional grand slam, his wife and young daughter, dedicated to parents, cautious Caddy and his South Florida friends, all seem to be in epic performance. . cranky.
It was a weird moment for millions of people. . .
If this guy becomes wild, what chance does he get and what he has?
If you keep an eye on professional golf for men, you will know Tee Marker in Oakmont. You know six times he was blown by various journalists who overshadowed him with detectable joy over the years while providing a wide range of life for his private life. You know his uninspired game since the Master.
What’s going on here. Maybe it’s just a non-qualified driver, and how its news is being phased out? That seems so Not likely. This seems to be an overreaction.
McIlroy talks to reporters after Saturday 74. It’s like a divorced couple holding a court meeting in Chambers. The first question was raised by Stephen Watson, an experienced sports journalist and host of BBC Northern Ireland, a news agency in particular.
“Can you give us an assessment of the U.S. Open so far?” Watson asked.
McIlroy’s two-word answer, and the long and incredible pause that comes with it, tells you the burden of his mindset.
He said: “It’s very average, it seems like the BBC Northern Ireland audience, and millions of others that others cannot reach, have no right to learn more.
I don’t want to turn it into a self-absorbing media for famous athletes contretemps. There are too many everywhere. My point is that Collin Morikawa is lucky that people are actually interested in his work as a professional golfer. But if he doesn’t want to share his insights into his experience on any day, it’s up to him. The same goes for Rory or any other. I have a lot of respect for Tiger Woods, who stood there round after round, when golf was not easy to him and when, and didn’t ask questions. He didn’t have it at that time, it was no big deal.
But it feels different. Over the past 15 years, we, journalists and fans have invested in this care About Rory McIlroy, man and golfer, in good times and bad times. We now find that this feeling is not always mutual. At least this is disappointing. From winning the Masters two months ago and becoming the sixth golfer to win a professional Grand Slam. Weird, weird, weird.
So there are some more important things, one of the trickiest things in human experience: Can you contact with your own gratitude, meaningful contact with routine? It’s a question for Rory McIlroy, for your journalist, for anyone and everyone. This is a universal one.
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The last question the reporter asked McIlroy on Saturday afternoon was: “What do you want tomorrow?”
“Hopefully, one round in four and a half hours and then get out of here,” McIlroy said.
I realized this was a quick and annoying answer to a question without a specific depth. However, this insulted hundreds of USGA officials and volunteers working to participate in the competition, as well as Oakmont members and hundreds of employees at the club. For the people who prepare him and others to eat here, the toilets they use here cleaned, they provide safety and first class welcome and everything else. This is the answer to a qualified person who has no connection to the basic value of gratitude. (Ask Saturday if he felt he had the right to reject the interview request for the rear wheel, McIlroy said: “I feel like I’ve won the right to do whatever I want to do.”) I didn’t judge. Trust me, I’ve been there myself and acted very important. I’m trying to know. Here I observed that Rory is all. We saw what we saw. I guess it’s an outdated mood.
Arnold Palmer is 40 miles long here in Latrobe. He is very lucky. He plays golf in a truly fascinating time of the game. Stars wear Egyptian cotton shirt, cashmere sweater, leather shoes. Their club is a handmade work of art. Money sat down friendship, but in some way the players had a more independent mind than today. I know how much Rory admired Arnold and his time. Rory and his brethren will remember Arnold’s golden rule well: never let yourself lead.
Now in golf, I feel a little dirty, self-absorbing, and getting out of the situation. It’s everywhere. Scottie Scheffler is a shining example. The same is true for the British Open. This year, the Royal Porthush, an hour’s drive from McIlroy’s childhood residence. Maybe there is another old Rory of Rory to be on display there, someone who traveled the world as a teenager and wanted to know in awe.
Michael Bamberger welcomes your comments via michael.bamberger@golf.com
Michael Bamberger writes for Golf Magazine and Golf.com. Prior to this, he served as a senior writer for nearly 23 years Sports Illustrated. After graduating from college, he worked as a newspaper reporter, first of all (Marsha) Vineyard Gazette, after Philadelphia Inquirer. He has written various books on golf and other disciplines, most recently Tiger Woods’ Second Life. His magazine works have been published in several editions of the Best Sports Works in America. He owns a U.S. patent on the Electronic Club (Utilities Golf Club). In 2016, the organization’s highest honor won the Donald Rose Award from the American Association of Golf Course Architects.
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