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Tweet. Rory McIlroy Is Hoping For Back-to-Back Titles at the FedExCup Playoffs - I'm 'Feeling Good' See more about. "Interesting take from McIlroy, one that suggests that the U.S. squad plays a little tight in the Ryder Cup. It was strange seeing two of the game’s biggest names paired together for what amounted to meaningless rounds on both Saturday and Sunday, each well outside the top 50.
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Each has won at TPC Boston before; this was decidedly different.After their round on Sunday, Woods and McIlroy each made a series of insightful remarks in discussing just how strange everything feels on Tour at the moment. "There's a lot of great players on the Presidents Cup team, International team. Graeme McDowell said he felt like a “golfing zombie” earlier this week; McIlroy agreed with that assessment.It’s always interesting seeing McIlroy process things in real time in his press conferences, and that was certainly the case as he tried to brainstorm motivational tricks on Sunday.
McIlroy coyly offered.To be clear, McIlroy was obviously joking, but the best jokes are often true.
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Report. It’s the same sort of atmosphere. “It’s just trying to get it out of you.”Tiger Woods closed with a 5-under 66 at the Northern Trust.Woods said that he’s used to deriving his own energy from the feeling in the crowd.“Always have,” he said.
Maybe that.”What’s funny is the idea that McIlroy would get more engaged playing his caddie for dinner than merely playing for the FedEx Cup, which has a $15 million first place prize — a prize McIlroy won last season.“You’ve got a lot of incentive here to play well,” he acknowledged. I saw my dad swing a club and I worked out how to do the same thing. Sometimes it helps to set up another game inside his head, he said, or to make a bet with his caddie.“Maybe that’s the strategy,” he said. Then, the 2018 Ryder Cup happened.Europe's beatdown of the U.S. in Paris, its ninth victory in the last 12 Ryder Cups, immediately flipped the narrative back to "the U.S. can't beat Europe," "Europe has better team chemistry," "where's the pod system when you need it," etc., etc. For two players who feed off the energy of the crowd, things feel a bit “This is going to sound really bad,” McIlroy said. Those are things I’ve had to deal with for a very long time.”In total, though, Woods would much prefer the vibe of the crowd.“You hit good shots and you get on nice little runs, we don’t have the same energy, the same fan energy,” he said.
In reality, it's not all that complicated. “I’ve played in front of cameras for the last 24 years, and so people have always looked for emotion or tried to get under my hat, photographers,” he said. Dethier is the author of GOLF.com and GOLF Magazine are published by EB GOLF MEDIA LLC, a division of 8AM GOLFTiger Woods, Rory McIlroy reveal fascinating differences of fan-free golf
It’s no different than playing in an NCAAs. Woods logged his third consecutive finish outside the top 35, while McIlroy hasn’t notched a top-10 in seven starts since the Tour’s restart.They’ll each head to the BMW Championship in Chicago next week looking for a spark — and, for Woods, looking to move up in the FedEx Cup so he can crack the top 30 and return to Tour Championship the following week.
“Anyone who has played in front of thousands of people, it is very different. Browse more videos.
Follow. Rory McIlroy says the coronavirus shutdown has made him more focused on adding to his tally of four major titles, the last of which came in 2014. But there they were, sharing laughs over Diet Cokes under the beating New England sun.Really, the entire weekend felt anomalous for Woods and McIlroy.
It’s very funny and that’s why I want to stay here as long as possible.”-Rory McIlroy . Two days removed from an appearance in MGM Resorts The Challenge: Japan Skins, the Northern Irishman met with the media on Wednesday at Accordia Golf Narashino C.C., and he was asked why he thinks the Americans dominance in the Presidents Cup doesn't translate to the Ryder Cup. “It is different.”On the course, Woods is, at times, demonstrative but more often inscrutable. Share. That's part of the reason I think why they play so well and they've dominated for so long.
Pretty simple.Leave it to Rory McIlroy to echo this sentiment ahead of this week's Zozo Championship in Japan.
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