Rory McIlroy was asked by the media about a rumor that he may join LIV Golf as well as comments made by LIV Player Talor Gooch that preemptively questioned the validity of a McIlroy Masters win.
I don’t know I guess it comes down to wins and um season long titles and major championships I guess um I can’t sit here and say that the last 10 seasons haven’t been successful because I haven’t won a major but um but at the same time I recognize that
You know whenever all is said and done I’m going to be judged on on those tournaments a lot um hopefully amongst other things as well but um yeah you know winning is always good and the more wins you can get the better I’m wondering the last time you spoke to
Chubby Chandler and what and what do you think motivated him to say what he said other than making headlines I think he’s writing a book um so there’s there is that uh I spoke to Chubby I might have saw him in the Middle East actually at
The start of the year so you never know you might know a few things who knows well he started by saying there a good chance you’d go to live and then he’s at the end it was 10% so was is is there a percentage that he somewhere in
The middle maybe who knows do you think you can sustain the same hunger for the next 17 years uh no for the next 17 no I’d say for the next 10 absolutely but 17 seems like a stretch that’s kind of the goal 10 more good years yeah
Yeah or a green jacket and just walk away Ken that works too oh on the asterisk um look the m is an Invitational and and they’ll invite whoever they think you know warrants an invite and I mean I I think you know to be fair to tlor I
Think the if you if you read the entire like the question and then the answer it’s not as if he just came out with that I feel like whoever did the interview sort of led him down that path to say that so I’m giving him the
Benefit of the doubt there a little bit he basically just agreed with what the interviewer asked um but at the same time you know Walkin Neiman got an invite and I played with Wen in Dubai a few weeks ago and he went down to Australia and
Won he was in om man last week you know he’s been chasing his teil around the world to try to get this either play his way into Augusta or show enough form to to Warrant an invite and I don’t know if the same can be said for Taylor
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Despite not having won as many majors as he or most people though he would at this point in his career, when “it’s all said and done “ I think Rory will be remembered as one of the greatest golfers of all time. He has won multiple tournaments all over the world and continues to be in contention week in and week out.
Money talks…no matter how much they already have banked.
Hope he goes. This anti LIV stuff is dumb as dumb gets. Only sport that eats itself is golf. Stupid mentality
This Joe is the most disrespectful flip-flop out there, kid. It's been ten years of failure without a green jacket. That window closed a decade ago facts, bro. Put an asterisk on it if you dare.
Gooch can beat this Flip Flop right now!!!!! Rory is way past his prime.
Rory the mentally weak one at Augusta every year that course owns him!
Just saying If LIV players came back Rory would probably be rightly shuffled back to his 15th to 20th spot in the world.
Sure, but when's the last time Rory spoke with Chubby Checker?
Rory will be far happier at LIV. USPGA is now the feeder tour to Super LiV.
Most LIV players are just has-beens that were done with PGA tour, nobody misses whiney sergio especially.
When you consider that the top guys ever have largely tried to shun the media, it is quite impressive that Rory continues his high level of play while being such a willing ambassador for the sport. Before hating on him, ask yourself if you think he is truly overrated or washed. No majors in 10 years and maybe no green jacket, but outside of that, you really can't argue that he hasn't been a top player throughout his career, and that he hasn't been a total diplomat. He is absolutely one of the best of his generation, and golf is exciting when he is in contention.
I hope to HELL LIV never asks Rory to join them as he shit the bed and talked bad about everyone leaving the POS PGA tour ! KARMA will bite him in the ass !!!
Let him and Tiger go down with the sinking PGA tour !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rory’s a bit shortsighted. He doesn’t seem to put in the work that will pay off in the future. His whole approach is very casual. Mate on the bag etc. I think he needs to focus every year on one major and really play and practice for that. He is scared to do that and put too much pressure on himself. But goes to show he doesn’t really believe he can win. Make a plan and go out and execute it. Tiger Woods style. Rather than this pseudo-psychology just treat it like any other tournament and just wander in.
Why would The Masters not want the top LIV Golfers to feature at Augusta? This is a matter of survival with maximum worldwide interest and maximum financial return.
Gooch's career is an *. Will never be anything more.
His sanctimonious stance is really unflattering. No one cares if rory wins or even plays again.