How Good Will Rory McIlroy Be When He Reaches the Peak of His Career?

By
at Internationaled.org

Published: May 15, 2013

commentComment        

Rory McIlroy has gone from child prodigy to young adult mystery.

Remember the kids’ game, Where’s Waldo? Well, unfortunately for the 24-year-old Irishman, that’s how fans feel when they start looking at tournament scoreboards wondering where the former No. 1 player in the world is.

It seems like a long, long time ago that McIlroy was dominating the game, winning tournaments, winning a pair of majors by eight strokes each and playing in a manner that made people go ga-ga in admiration.

And despite all that has befallen him since the calendar turned to 2013—multi-million endorsement deal with Nike, a not-so-easy transition to those clubs, a swing that has suffered and a putter that has betrayed him—I firmly believe we have not seen the best of Rory McIlroy.

What might the best be?



Here’s the way I see it. McIlroy is not done winning majors, although he won’t threaten Jack Nicklaus or Tiger Woods. There are now way more guys capable of winning majors than there were in Nicklaus’ day or when Woods was winning them on a regular basis.

McIlroy will, however, win oodles and oodles of golf tournaments on the PGA and European Tours. He’ll win both the PGA Tour and European Tour money lists in the same year multiple times.

This is a big, strong young man with exceptional talent that will only get better and better with age. This year is a perfect example of the kind of talent he has. He has played in eight PGA Tour events and, even struggling as he is, has four top-10 finishes and has earned over $1 million.

Statistics will tell you his performance this year is being hindered by not being able to find enough fairways, not being able to make putts and not converting enough scoring opportunities.

His driving accuracy is actually a little better this year than last, but he’s well aware that he needs to i...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

Latest News


Comments

Comments are closed.

Sponsors

Bruins Tickets The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston, Massachusetts. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League.

Red Wings Tickets The Detroit Red Wings are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League.

Penguins Tickets The Pittsburgh Penguins are a professional ice hockey team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League.

New York Rangers Tickets play their home games at Madison Square Garden, they are one of the oldest teams in the NHL, having joined in 1926 as an expansion franchise, and are part of the group of teams referred to as the Original Six.

San Jose Sharks Tickets The San Jose Sharks are a professional ice hockey team based in San Jose, California, United States.

Toronto Maple Leafs Tickets The Toronto Maple Leafs are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League.

New Jersey Devils Tickets The New Jersey Devils are a professional ice hockey team based in Newark, New Jersey. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League.

Washington Capitals Tickets The Washington Capitals are a professional ice hockey team based in Washington, D.C.

Buffalo Sabres Tickets The Buffalo Sabres are a professional ice hockey team based in Buffalo, New York. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League. Get the Sabres and all of your NHL Tickets here.

NASCAR season is on of the most attended sports in the world. NASCAR Tickets to the best tracks is a must every year. Some of these tracks are: Talladega Tickets, Lowes Motor Speedway Tickets, Pocono Raceway Tickets, located in Ridgeway Virginia you have Martinsville Speedway Tickets and southern US you have two of the most popular Atlanta Motor Speedway Tickets and Texas Motor Speedway Tickets. Don't miss all the racing events this year!

Boston Red Sox Tickets The Boston Red Sox are a member of the Major League Baseball’s American League Eastern Division. Since 1912, the Red Sox's home ballpark has been Fenway Park. This is one of the hottest MLB Tickets sales of any team in the major league.

New York Yankees Tickets The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the borough of the Bronx, in New York City, New York and are a member of Major League Baseball's American League East Division. Get tickets to one of the hottest games of the season Yankees Red Sox Tickets.

Chicago Cubs Tickets The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's National League.

Phillies Tickets The Philadelphia Phillies are a Major League Baseball team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are the oldest continuous, one-name, one-city franchise in all of professional American sports, dating to 1883.

Orioles Tickets The Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland.

Do you love wrestling? Get your WWE Tickets and WWE Survivor Series Tickets today!