If you didn’t know, Rory just won his 6th Race to Dubai. That’s a few more million in his jeans and another trophy for the wall!
Prior to this win Rory reportedly spent weeks in a studio pounding golf balls into a simulator not looking at the ball flight, just looking at a few simple metrics to change his game. I haven’t been able to figure out what the change was yet, but I’m sure we will find out.
Rory’s 2024 looked like this:
- 4 Wins
- 12 Top 5’s
- 1 Top 5 in a major
- 1st place on DP World Tour
- 9th in FedEx Cup
- 0 Majors…
So we have to ask the big question….will Rory win another Major?!
He’s been close the last few majors. The masters seems to be his kryptonite, but he’s put in a solid effort in the PGA and US Open being very close to the top with a few simple mistakes probably costing him the event. So what’s the change he needs to make in order to win again?!
Rory is arguably one of the best drivers of the golf ball to ever play the game. He smashes it with most finishing around the 340 yard mark. So assuming that he’s putting himself in good position why isn’t he scoring like he should? Is it the wedges? Is it the putter? Is it stress outside of the golf course? Why are we not converting the dominant driving game into wins?!
I’m a big fan of the guy! So I hope he does get the monkey off his back and get another one. I’d love to see him dominate the tour, but maybe the talent level is just to high for that domination these days? There are so many fantastic players on tour that I don’t think we will ever see dominance like we did with Tiger is the early 2000’s. So Rory has to do something different. He’s got to improve at converting from his driving position.
Personally I think it’s a wedge and putter game. They corollate. Don’t hit your wedges close enough, your putting will also suffer. On tour it really comes down to a hot putter sometimes. So along with his wedges, that putter needs to be sharp! Last year he missed a few short ones while he was in contention that probably cost him the championships. So let’s get that putter sharper! I mean the hole is twice the size of the ball….get it in there!
Really easy for a guy currently standing behind a bar writing this in between serving beers…but that’s what I think needs to be done and I hope he can do it!
My bet: We see Rory win 3 more majors. Someone call Bet365 I want the odds. I think Rory wins 3 more majors. That would put him at 7 tied with Arnold Palmer, Harry Vardon, Sam Snead, Gene Sarazen and Bobby Jones. Wait….Arnie only had 7?! Guess that’s what happens when you’re in the Jack era (Who won 18).
So cmon Rors!!! Let’s get it done!
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