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Post #21 » by **MickeyDavis** » Sun Apr 13, 2025 11:17 pm

Damn that was a fun final round

Post #22 » by **ReasonablySober** » Sun Apr 13, 2025 11:17 pm

Really happy for him.

Post #23 » by **humanrefutation** » Sun Apr 13, 2025 11:19 pm

Obviously not paying much attention, but I didn't realize it's been over a decade since he last won a major.

MikeIsGood · Post #24 » by **MikeIsGood** » Sun Apr 13, 2025 11:26 pm

**** I am so happy (and relieved) for him.

ReginaldDwight · Post #25 » by **ReginaldDwight** » Sun Apr 13, 2025 11:41 pm

trwi7 wrote:Dude has been missing putts for the last hour that even I could make.

Sure if you take everything that makes that putt hard out of it, its an easy putt.

jschligs · Post #26 » by **jschligs** » Sun Apr 13, 2025 11:42 pm

Glad Rory got it done. He will play way more free now. Was honestly an emotional win. Seeing him just break down hugging his wife and daughter.

buckboy · Post #27 » by **buckboy** » Sun Apr 13, 2025 11:47 pm

What a chump.

Surprised he won

Post #28 » by **MickeyDavis** » Sun Apr 13, 2025 11:51 pm

buckboy wrote:What a chump.

Surprised he won

Only the 6th to ever do it. Yeah what a chump

blazza18 · Post #29 » by **blazza18** » Sun Apr 13, 2025 11:54 pm

Crazy rollercoaster of an afternoon but cool to see him win it finally. Was cheering for him if an Aussie couldn't win.

MikeIsGood · Post #30 » by **MikeIsGood** » Sun Apr 13, 2025 11:56 pm

jschligs wrote:Glad Rory got it done. He will play way more free now. Was honestly an emotional win. Seeing him just break down hugging his wife and daughter.

Yep, monkey is off his back now. He's been top of his game for the past three years - except for major final rounds, which is kinda a big astericks obviously. But now the drought is over and he's got his grand slam. Definitely interested to see what this does for him.

Post #31 » by **MickeyDavis** » Mon Apr 14, 2025 12:01 am

Spieth and Mickelson are sitting on 3. Spieth needs the PGA (next month). Phil needs the US Open in June.

Palmer, Watson, Trevino, Snead, Nelson, Hagen also had 3, couldn't finish. Those chumps :lol:

ReginaldDwight · Post #32 » by **ReginaldDwight** » Mon Apr 14, 2025 12:07 am

MickeyDavis wrote:Spieth and Mickelson are sitting on 3. Spieth needs the PGA (next month). Phil needs the US Open in June.

Palmer, Watson, Trevino, Snead, Nelson, Hagen also had 3, couldn't finish. Those chumps

Dont see Phil getting the US Open, hes more concerned about winning twitter it seems these days.

buckboy · Post #33 » by **buckboy** » Mon Apr 14, 2025 12:36 am

MickeyDavis wrote:
buckboy wrote:What a chump.

Surprised he won

Only the 6th to ever do it. Yeah what a chump

He can miss a 4 foot putt like no other.

Chump.

MikeIsGood · Post #34 » by **MikeIsGood** » Mon Apr 14, 2025 12:38 am

buckboy wrote:
MickeyDavis wrote:
buckboy wrote:What a chump.

Surprised he won

Only the 6th to ever do it. Yeah what a chump

He can miss a 4 foot putt like no other.

Chump.

Really oddly salty, lol. Lose a bet?

drew881 · Post #35 » by **drew881** » Mon Apr 14, 2025 1:01 am

Easy to make fun of Rory for missing some of the puts but he was pulling shots out of his ass left and right to recover from the rough, behind trees, and from pine straw with his driver not working. Sure missing the putts look bad but most other players would have been off the green.

Plossum · Post #36 » by **Plossum** » Mon Apr 14, 2025 1:41 am

Lining up 6 footer is like having a FT to win it all.
Rory will always be a bit of a choker but he battled through it today and came up clutch on that approach to the green on the playoff hole.

ReginaldDwight · Post #37 » by **ReginaldDwight** » Mon Apr 14, 2025 1:56 am

Plossum wrote:Lining up 6 footer is like having a FT to win it all.
Rory will always be a bit of a choker but he battled through it today and came up clutch on that approach to the green on the playoff hole.

Hard to call one of the best to ever do it a choker. Chokers dont win all the majors. Hes still young enough to get more Majors also. Hes only a couple years older then Phil was when he won his first major.

jschligs · Post #38 » by **jschligs** » Mon Apr 14, 2025 1:59 am

ReginaldDwight wrote:
Plossum wrote:Lining up 6 footer is like having a FT to win it all.
Rory will always be a bit of a choker but he battled through it today and came up clutch on that approach to the green on the playoff hole.

Hard to call one of the best to ever do it a choker. Chokers dont win all the majors. Hes still young enough to get more Majors also. Hes only a couple years older then Phil was when he won his first major.

Chokers don't win the Career Grand Slam...I get it, he's missed some huge putts in his time. Lost leads. But a lot of pro golfers have. It's ****ing hard.

ReginaldDwight · Post #39 » by **ReginaldDwight** » Mon Apr 14, 2025 2:02 am

jschligs wrote:
ReginaldDwight wrote:
Plossum wrote:Lining up 6 footer is like having a FT to win it all.
Rory will always be a bit of a choker but he battled through it today and came up clutch on that approach to the green on the playoff hole.

Hard to call one of the best to ever do it a choker. Chokers dont win all the majors. Hes still young enough to get more Majors also. Hes only a couple years older then Phil was when he won his first major.

Chokers don't win the Career Grand Slam...I get it, he's missed some huge putts in his time. Lost leads. But a lot of pro golfers have. It's ****ing hard.

Missed huge puts cause he was there to miss them. Lots of guys miss them when they are sitting down in 20th or whatever. Hes a relatively young guy to have 5 majors and like 40 wins. Dudes also dialed in right now and could win another this year. A choker doesnt pin it 3 feet from the pin in the playoff after Rose put it in makeable range right before him. After a rough round that was about as incredible of a golf shot you can get.

MikeIsGood · Post #40 » by **MikeIsGood** » Mon Apr 14, 2025 2:10 am

You can count on one hand the list of modern era golfers more successful than Rory. It's like the Mount Rushmore guys, Tom Watson...and the rest is now entirely arguable.