Golf

[ACF]

Just now, 1972 Fox said:

Did anyone think it was a bit strange the way Scheffler put the green jacket on McIlroy and then just immediately walked of without even shaking his hand?

More saw it as letting him have his moment tbh. Surely would’ve had a good chat before the cameras turned on.

[SouthStandUpperTier]

Just now, 1972 Fox said:

Did anyone think it was a bit strange the way Scheffler put the green jacket on McIlroy and then just immediately walked of without even shaking his hand?

Tbf he's probably fuming. He wins with his A game.

[trabuch]

Steady on Butch

[Lako42]

1 minute ago, tom27111 said:

Nick Faldo is such a nob

Radar on the other hand is probably my favourite commsman in any sport 

[tom27111]

Just now, 1972 Fox said:

Did anyone think it was a bit strange the way Scheffler put the green jacket on McIlroy and then just immediately walked of without even shaking his hand?

 

Standard in the Butler Cabin. It'll be a bit different in the public 'ceremony' outside. 

 

It's designed to be like that, like everything at Augusta 

[Deeg67]

1 minute ago, The Year Of The Fox said:

Absolutely gutted for Rosey by the way 🤣

At least he got beat by a great shot and a birdie. Anybody else, I'd have been pulling for Rosey. He's a peach of a guy.

[Deeg67]

4 minutes ago, Izzy said:

Sometimes good things happen to good people.

[Lako42]

Liv got ****ed 

[Deeg67]

6 minutes ago, tom27111 said:

 

Standard in the Butler Cabin. It'll be a bit different in the public 'ceremony' outside. 

 

It's designed to be like that, like everything at Augusta 

Yeah, nothing to see here. Scheffler and Rory are pretty good friends in fact.

[Izzy]

He spoke so well (and he’ll get some backlash for saying the Masters is better than the Open!)

 

 

[tom27111]

3 minutes ago, Izzy said:

He spoke so well (and he’ll get some backlash for saying the Masters is better than the Open!)

 

 

 

We don't get this on Sky????

 

And as magical as Augusta is, in my eyes, it'll never beat The Open.

 

Just ask Tiger about winning at St Andrews. 

 

I wouldn't frown upon any major, but The Open and The Masters are the ones you want to win the most, surely?

[Lako42]

10 minutes ago, Izzy said:

He spoke so well (and he’ll get some backlash for saying the Masters is better than the Open!)

 

 

****s me off that this isn't on sky after you watch all day 

[Izzy]

 

[SouthStandUpperTier]

5 minutes ago, tom27111 said:

 

We don't get this on Sky????

 

And as magical as Augusta is, in my eyes, it'll never beat The Open.

 

Just ask Tiger about winning at St Andrews. 

 

I wouldn't frown upon any major, but The Open and The Masters are the ones you want to win the most, surely?

Links golf will always be the ultimate test imho.

[tom27111]

I'm utterly gobsmacked that we didn't see the trophy presentation on Sky.

 

It's usually on, isn't it? 

 

What the hell?

[accessory]

Always good to see a European win a major on American soil, especially in a Ryder Cup year when we'll have to defend the trophy over there.

 

Not the best round Rory's ever played (a mixture of magnificence and mediocrity), but he recovered well when it looked like he was going to have another 2011-style meltdown.

 

The composure and nerve he showed to win the playoff should earn him every sport award going for the rest of the year.

 

It's also elevated him above every other European golfer in history. The likes of Jacklin, Ballesteros and Faldo never achieved a career grand slam. Mcllroy - at last - now has.

[Deeg67]

Watching Rory's press conference, has there ever been a great golfer as honest as he is? He's so open about his own failings it almost defies belief. What a thoughtful guy.

[foxy boxing]

Rory Mcilroy becomes one of only six men to complete a career Grand Slam of all four Major golf tournaments. 

[Deeg67]

It’s funny, a lack of an arrogant streak is probably why McIlroy hasn’t become not just great, but one of the all-time greats. Jack, Gary, Tiger, Hogan, even “FIGJAM Phil” have it. But it’s also what makes him so relatable and so compelling a figure, and why people love him.

 

I knew the Augusta fans would be squarely in his camp, despite a lot of people here just making it into an anti-American thing. Masters fans are savvy to the big picture and the history of the game - they get it. They know what this means historically and what it means to Rory.

[leicsmac]

Sometimes, there's a piece of sporting drama that transcends barriers and brings all sporting fans in, even ones with little or no interest in the sport.

 

The Cricket World Cup final in 2019 was one such occasion, this is another.

 

Well done Rory, hard fought and well earned.

[The Year Of The Fox]

That really was sporting history last night 

 

When Ian Carter from BBC states it’s the best golf finale he’s ever witnessed, you know it was big, and good 

[CUJimmy]

Just now, The Year Of The Fox said:

That really was sporting history last night 

 

When Ian Carter from BBC states it’s the best golf finale he’s ever witnessed, you know it was big, and good 

It’s hard to disagree with that.

 

The Miracle at Medinah was the only one that was even close but if Europe had lost that we would have shrugged our shoulders, said that we gave it a good go and moved on.  If Rory hadn’t won last night I would struggle to believe he was ever going to.  The fact that he stuffed up two (for him) incredibly easy shots on 13 and 18 show how much it meant to him and the unbelievable amount of pressure.

[Izzy]

2 hours ago, Deeg67 said:

It’s funny, a lack of an arrogant streak is probably why McIlroy hasn’t become not just great, but one of the all-time greats. Jack, Gary, Tiger, Hogan, even “FIGJAM Phil” have it. But it’s also what makes him so relatable and so compelling a figure, and why people love him.

 

I knew the Augusta fans would be squarely in his camp, despite a lot of people here just making it into an anti-American thing. Masters fans are savvy to the big picture and the history of the game - they get it. They know what this means historically and what it means to Rory.

Yes, they wanted to see history and Rory is hugely popular over there.

 

But I still maintain they'd have been equally (if not more) pumped for Bryson if he'd have played half decent and whipped them up into a frenzy.

 

They majority of the Patrons are American after all and it makes sense they'd want 'one of their own' to win. 

[The Year Of The Fox]

1 minute ago, CUJimmy said:

It’s hard to disagree with that.

 

The Miracle at Medinah was the only one that was even close but if Europe had lost that we would have shrugged our shoulders, said that we gave it a good go and moved on.  If Rory hadn’t won last night I would struggle to believe he was ever going to.  The fact that he stuffed up two (for him) incredibly easy shots on 13 and 18 show how much it meant to him and the unbelievable amount of pressure.

Yes, Medinah was equally as dramatic, but there was more at stake last night in the wider context as you say, which puts it above 2012- just.

 

 

[CUJimmy]

6 hours ago, The Year Of The Fox said:

Absolutely gutted for Rosey by the way 🤣

Same here.  It must be incredibly difficult playing a two man play-off knowing that the overwhelming majority of the crowd want the other guy to win.  He is a true gent though so behaved with grace and dignity throughout including the interview afterwards.