Rory McIlroy Needed Early 2014 Struggles to Win British Open, PGA Championship

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Published: August 11, 2014

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Rory McIlroy is having quite the summer. Just weeks after finally winning the British Open, a tournament he had struggled with tremendously in previous years, the Northern Irishman won one of the most exciting editions of the U.S. Open we've seen in years.

ESPN tweeted this photo as proof of the unreal summer he's having:



Two majors in a span of a few weeks, the top spot on the World Golf Ranking and more media attention than any golfer not named Tiger Woods: Life is good if your name is Rory McIlroy right now. The 25-year-old can attest to that:



Now, raise your hand if you saw all of this coming just two months ago. Unless you're related to McIlroy, put your hand back down—you're lying.

Remember when he openly admitted to reporters the "freaky Fridays" were starting to get to him after blowing yet another great opening round at Aberdeen, as reported by the Golf Channel's Ryan Lavner?

McIlroy shot 78 after a sterling first round in Scotland. At the time, he was averaging 68.15 after Day 1 and 72.23 on the second day. When asked if that trend troubled him in any way, he didn't lie:

Yes, it does. One that I’d like to stop this week. It’s more I just got it into my head, and I may be putting a bit too much pressure on myself, going out on Fridays and trying to back up a score. I have no problem shooting a low one on Thursday, so there should be no reason I have any problem shooting a low one on Friday. I think it just got into my head.

It's one of the oldest pitfalls in the book: You shoot an excellent opening round, make one or two mistakes early in the second and allow those mistakes to ruin the rest of your round. By the time you're finished, you're hopelessly behind on the leaderboard, and the final two rounds hardly matter.



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