We hold Rory McIlroy to the highest standards because we know what he is capable of.
He’s definitely our favorite player in the game and the best since Tiger Woods came in. He’s tremendously talented, but also one of the most frustrating players out there because we see him make our mistakes.
Although he has won four times around the world, he has more titles to lose in 2024. This year has been a great career for an average golfer, but Rory McIlroy is far from average.
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Take a look back at the best of Rory McIlroy’s four world victories in 2024: Hero Dubai Desert Classic, Zurich Classic New Orleans, Wells Fargo and DP World Tour Championship.
He won the Hero Dubai Desert Classic and the Wells Fargo Championship for the fourth time, then won the DP World Tour Championship for the third time, all at venues where he has had previous success. but got confused in the frame of the finish line.
I can’t imagine going back to a golf course that you’ve won at least twice, let alone three. It should fill you with enormous confidence to the speed championship.
It’s hard to win a golf tournament anywhere in the world, such is the quality of the courses that are on display every week, but we’ve seen times this season where he’s made mistakes that I feel a lot of his peers, right at the top of the game. wouldn’t happen.
He seems to be going down this path of looking at his golf swing as the reason he hasn’t won another major, but it seems to me that making decisions when the pressure is on is one of his most impressive strengths in not using one of the parties.
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Rory McIlroy’s swing changes helped him produce some fantastic iron shots en route to winning the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai.
He’s definitely one of the best drivers ever, and he needs to turn those first fives into birdie fours. or six.
He needs to make the most of that amazing length and accuracy that he has. I just feel like he doesn’t know when to catch them and when to fold them, and that foot-to-the-floor mentality can be, unfortunately, in some cases his downfall.
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Rory McIlroy came close to winning the Dubai Invitational, US Open, Amgen Irish Open and BMW PGA, but ultimately fell short in all four tournaments.
McIlroy’s major push continues
We can all look back at the US Open and see a few opportunities around those last few holes where he could have made better decisions and maybe become a five-time major champion at this stage.
That being said, no one has any idea how much stress and pressure these players are under in a situation like McIlroy’s when it comes to missing shots at Pinehurst No. 2.
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Highlights from a thrilling US Open final at Pinehurst No. 2 where Bryson DeChambeau cruised to victory over Rory McIlroy.
McIlroy said it’s been so long since he’s won a major that now it feels like he’s struggling to win for the first time. It’s a really tough situation.
He knows the pain and scar tissue of past losses and the distraction and noise that surrounds him in every big way. It just adds to the pressure. Then standing up to the press and having to hold your head up when you’re absolutely crushed inside, as well as that closure. the pressure to compete in stages.
When I look at where he was a decade ago, I would have expected Rory McIlroy to have double figures in majors by now.
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Highlights from the final round of the DP World Tour Championship at Jumeirah Golf Estates, Dubai.
I still expect him to be No. 1. I expect Rory McIlroy to win five or more times a year. I don’t expect McIlroy to make an 11th major.
I think if he can settle for more guaranteed birdies and have better success with his wedge game, as highlighted at the DP World Tour Championship when he tightened up six or seven wedges over the course of the week, then he can deliver what we have come to expect.
In 2024, Rory McIlroy has four world victories: two on the PGA Tour and two on the DP World Tour.
A big 2025 lies ahead for McIlroy.
I’d love to see him win the Masters, but I’m just wondering if those inner thoughts of becoming a Grand Slam winner and joining that illustrious list of Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus and Woods as living legend: put too much pressure.
I think coming into places like Augusta National and being the favorite because of his past record and his success at them is just going to pile on the pressure. Our expectation level is going to go through the roof once again.
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We look back at Rory McIlroy’s past attempts to complete a Grand Slam career at The Masters.
I don’t believe McIlroy, for one second, is happy or content with sitting one major short of Brooks Koepka at the minute. He’ll be looking to re-establish himself as the best golfer in the world after Tiger.
I’d love to see McIlroy come close to knocking Scotty Scheffler off the world No. 1 spot and then try to hold on to it for a significant amount of time. Let me tell you, it will happen in Augusta. Here’s hoping…
Watch Rory McIlroy. Expectation’ special new documentary reflecting on his 2024 season from December 8 on Sky Sports. McIlroy will return in January with exclusive live coverage of the PGA Tour and DP World Tour on Sky Sports Golf.
