Rory McIlroy references Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson dis, says he’s now on back nine of PGA Tour
Rory McIlroy said he’s “pretty close to the turn…if not a little after” on his PGA Tour career
Rory mroy brought up an old remark he made about Tiger Woods and Phil mikkelson while discussing his career timeline on the PGA tour Rory mroy once took some heat for insinuating that Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson were on the back nines of their Hall of Fame careers in golf a decade later the
34-year-old acknowledged that he’s on the 10th green or 11th te of his own prolific run on the PGA tour I said a few years years ago that Phil and tiger are on the back nines of their career and I got a lot of sh for it maoy
Cracked ahead of his first start at the cognizant classic in the Palm Beaches since 2018 so I I know if I want I would say I turned Pro in 07 so what is this my 17th year another 17 it’ll be 51 yeah it’s say am pretty close to the turn at
This point if not a little after maybe on the 10th green or 11th T mroy the favorite at PGA National as his master’s tuneup gets underway via the Florida swing is referring to remarks he made at the 2014 Tour Championship in which the then Rising Stars seem to be putting the
Two legends out to pasture they’re just getting older Phil’s 43 or whatever he is and tigers nearly 40 so they’re getting into the sort of last few Hol of their career and that’s what happens it obviously just gets harder as you get older it’ll be able to tell you in 20
Years how it feels maoy took to Twitter that evening to defend his comments on the basis of simple mathematics golfers on average have a 22 25e career both into the back nine of their careers don’t think there’s anything wrong with saying that in 2014 tiger and Phil were
About 20 years deep into their PGA tour runs and while both Woods 48 and mikkelson 53 would each Triumph once more in a major Woods at the 2019 Masters Phil at the 2021 PGA Championship they’ve long faded from regular contention on the game’s biggest stages mroy was a precocious 24-year-old
With four major titles under his belt when he pre- eulogized the two legends now he’s a buffer whyn’t four-time major champ ion as powerful as he still drives the ball the world number two knows the clock is ticking before his Twilight inevitably sets in I can’t sit here and
Say the last 10 seasons haven’t been successful because I haven’t won a major said the 24 time tour Victor but at the same time I recognize that when all is said and done I’m going to be judged on those tournaments a lot hopefully amongst other things as well mroy
Admitted that sustaining his h ER to contend for the next 17 years seems like a stretch but 10 more quality years is absolutely a realistic goal yeah yeah or a green jacket and then just walk away
