Carey July 19, 2024 Share July 19, 2024 Ten years ago, McIlroy was the man. Crushed it seemingly all the time. Won The Open in 2014, then I believe won Bridgestone, and then the PGA the very next week. Second PGA Championship in 3 years, second major win in a row, and second win in as many weeks. It was a matter of when, and not if, he'd best the Bear. Not the other guy. After all, 4 major titles are impressive. What's at least less than impressive? Four major titles during the 10-year anniversary of when Rory dominated the sport. That last win is next month, and too bad I'm not even at the weekend of the last chance before the guy has to wait until 2025 or never to win again. At least the chance of Scottie giving away another FedEx cup and Rory taking another FedEx cup is on the table. To be fair, though, so is Paris and the gold there Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/7500-right-in-the-lumberyard-the-golf-thread/page/8/#findComment-8415585
Carey July 21, 2024 Share July 21, 2024 Probably the toughest Open to forecast following Lowry's tumble. Pretty much the top 9 have a shot, but if anyone after that performs as well as Lawrence did, we should have a dark horse winner outright. The weather on Sunday is not expected to be great for the latter group Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/7500-right-in-the-lumberyard-the-golf-thread/page/8/#findComment-8416577
Carey July 21, 2024 Share July 21, 2024 I'll pump the brakes in terms of [Xander > Scottie] though the 2024 Champion Golfer of the Year having the same # of majors as the World No. One + an Olympic Gold medal leads to a conversation. Albeit a very brief one! Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/7500-right-in-the-lumberyard-the-golf-thread/page/8/#findComment-8416790
twoods July 21, 2024 Share July 21, 2024 Congrats to Xander again! So happy for him after waiting years for a major he’s won two this year. Can’t happen to a classier guy. 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/7500-right-in-the-lumberyard-the-golf-thread/page/8/#findComment-8416927
Carey July 22, 2024 Share July 22, 2024 100% twoods. Plus, his dad was in attendance this time! Until proven otherwise, he's not going to pass Jack or Tiger. However, if there's a case to be made for him to do so, it's the fact that both were around their mid-40s when they won their last major titles. Xander has about 40-50 opportunities. 30% is a tough ask, but even with 3 dozen majors before the age that starts with a 4 hits, there are tons of chances to get to the totals that match guys like Faldo, Player, Lefty, Brooks, Watson, and Arnold Palmer. Finally, he is a gold medalist in the sport. With Schauffele winning on Sunday, the sport gets its first American sweep of the majors in 2 years and twice as many decades. On a random but accurate note, McIlroy won both of the same events exactly a decade ago, which followed a guy that won his second Masters 2 years after his first, also occurring this year Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/7500-right-in-the-lumberyard-the-golf-thread/page/8/#findComment-8417824
Carey August 23, 2024 Share August 23, 2024 Well, there goes the sorta made up Golf Triple Crown! While I thought of someone winning each of the FedEx events within a calendar year in the past, I actually didn't think or expect Hideki to win the BMW. Still a great event; while I'm not expecting Scottie to win the Tour Championship with ease, I didn't think I'd see the most recent Gold Medal winner struggle this week Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/7500-right-in-the-lumberyard-the-golf-thread/page/8/#findComment-8440855
Carey September 1, 2024 Share September 1, 2024 Death, taxes, and going to the Fed Ex Champions Wikepedia Page where I'll see the name Scottie Scheffler there Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/7500-right-in-the-lumberyard-the-golf-thread/page/8/#findComment-8446981
Carey January 12 Share January 12 Greg Norman Out As LIV Golf CEO 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/7500-right-in-the-lumberyard-the-golf-thread/page/8/#findComment-8552754
Carey February 3 Share February 3 Rory had a great weekend & won Pebble Beach. Great stuff. It would be better if we could go back 5 days, turn the weekend's event into a major, or he does even better at Augusta. Or Oakmont but preferably the former. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/7500-right-in-the-lumberyard-the-golf-thread/page/8/#findComment-8570883
Carey March 11 Share March 11 Left Achilles Surgery For Woods 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/7500-right-in-the-lumberyard-the-golf-thread/page/8/#findComment-8604391
Carey March 17 Share March 17 If you were looking for a conclusion to TPC, tune in Monday morning for that. Nothing you can do when weather factors into the weekend. For the most part Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/7500-right-in-the-lumberyard-the-golf-thread/page/8/#findComment-8608930
Carey March 17 Share March 17 Honestly speaking, the weather is an excuse almost as much as or more than a reason...thanks to the fact that? Rory blew yet another lead Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/7500-right-in-the-lumberyard-the-golf-thread/page/8/#findComment-8609018
Carey April 13 Share April 13 Huh. I didn't remember or end up posting how McIlroy ended up winning TPC at Sawgrass. They had to ends things on Monday, probably why I didn't get around to it (coupled with the fact that I had another sporting event to focus on). Meanwhile, for pretty much the entire weekend, I didn't miss Woods. He is/was missed, but the excitement was there without him. It does suck though, that unlike recently, the weather in Augusta has been very decent Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/7500-right-in-the-lumberyard-the-golf-thread/page/8/#findComment-8634038
twoods April 13 Share April 13 Stopped watching because I didn’t want to see Rory imploding yet again. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/7500-right-in-the-lumberyard-the-golf-thread/page/8/#findComment-8634274
Carey April 13 Share April 13 At least this year's winner will be someone I admire. Just not great that it played out in today's fashion. 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/7500-right-in-the-lumberyard-the-golf-thread/page/8/#findComment-8634314
twoods April 13 Share April 13 Yay Rory! So happy he finally gets the monkey off his back after the last 12 years from his last major win. Would have been equally thrilled for Justin Rose as well. 5 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/7500-right-in-the-lumberyard-the-golf-thread/page/8/#findComment-8634332
Carey April 13 Share April 13 Similar to Paige a week ago (as it relates to greatness being a Connecticut champion), until now, there was a void in the world of golf when the members of August National excludes a great player like Rory McIlroy. 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/7500-right-in-the-lumberyard-the-golf-thread/page/8/#findComment-8634334
CrazyInAlabama April 14 Share April 14 I'm so happy for Rory. I had given up hope of another lifetime grand slam, but this was a great outcome. Justin was very gracious to him too. 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/7500-right-in-the-lumberyard-the-golf-thread/page/8/#findComment-8634593
Carey May 18 Share May 18 Death, taxes, and Scottie winning yet another big event. That said, however, prior to today, Scheffler hadn't won any other Majors outside of the Masters. He pretty much won everything else, but nothing yet in terms of the US Open, PGA Championship, and The Open. For what it's worth, Scottie had only one win for the calendar year (due to injury). While easier said than done, it's possible he'll complete the slam the same year Rory got it done Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/7500-right-in-the-lumberyard-the-golf-thread/page/8/#findComment-8665138
twoods May 18 Share May 18 Wait, he’s only won the Masters prior to this? Why does it seem like he’s won everything? Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/7500-right-in-the-lumberyard-the-golf-thread/page/8/#findComment-8665145
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