What We Learned About Golf’s Top Young Stars at the 2014 Majors

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Published: August 16, 2014

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All things considered, the best of golf's young stars did just fine in the game's recently completed major championship season.

At the top end of the five-man group of young guns, Rory McIlroy, 25, won a pair of majors, back-to-back no less, and finished in the top 10 in another.

At the bottom end, Patrick Reed was a non-factor in any of golf's biggest events. Might that have had anything to do with his now-infamous interview in which he declared himself a top-five player in the world?

What did we learn about these young guns as they made their way through golf's biggest events?



The future of the game is in very good hands, thank you.

This group includes the dominant player in the game, his closest pursuer, a player just rounding into form, a 20-year-old with more potential than any of the others and a two-time winner this year on the PGA Tour.

McIlroy really isn't looked at like a young gun, not after having won four major titles at the age of 25. And winning two in a row this year makes him the big dog in the game.

The level of play he's exhibited this summer has defied description at times with finishes of T8, T23, 1 and 1. But we learned he can win tournaments a number of ways. He can run away from his pursuers, he can grind it out with them and he can come from behind to win.

We learned that Rickie Fowler (T5, T2, T2 and T3) has done a lot of growing up in terms of a major competitor this year. The 25-year-old had produced more flash than substance to this point in his career, but he has had the best year in the majors other than the guy named McIlroy.



Fowler found whatever it was that's required to contend in major championships, and, more importantly, we learned he was really upset about his finish in the PGA Championship. Four top-five finishes look good on the stat sheet, but the Oklahoma State kid wants to win.
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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