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AmadeusDC

27-02-2009, 09:14 PM

I think the boy deserves one of his own now. There will be A LOT more written about him in the years to come!

Off to a flyer again today against Tim Clark. Hit a few beautiful shots in the brief time I got to watch it over lunch. 3 up on Tim Clark after 7 holes. would have been great had it been Tiger though. McIlroy's record as an amateur indicates that he loves matchplay and excels in it. Don't wanna jinx him but it'd be fabulous if he could win here to add to the Dubai Desert Classic. The DDC is traditionally one of the strongest events on the European Tour so add a WGC event to that before the age of 20 would be phenomenal going. COME ON RORY.....

-AmadeusDC-

legend76

27-02-2009, 09:49 PM

good call ADC, he's been doing great for me in the fantasy golf

scottyspud1

27-02-2009, 09:51 PM

Yea he's doing well, could do with a hair cut

AmadeusDC

27-02-2009, 10:14 PM

Yea he's doing well, could do with a hair cut

Some American media hack said that as well......... his response "I can't, I'm afraid of losing my strength" :D

-AmadeusDC-

HappyMonday83

27-02-2009, 10:51 PM

He has a bigger drive than tiger did at that age. If he shows the same commitment, then maybe he could get himself a major in the next ten years.

Coin

27-02-2009, 11:21 PM

First time I came across McIlroy was an interview after he'd shown well in his first three or four tournaments. "I should be contending for tournaments by the end of next year and for majors within 2 or 3 years".

I remember thinking he was a bit arrogant. Turns out he was just being realistic.

Liathroidi Mor

28-02-2009, 04:42 AM

Ya class act all right!!! Great to see another irish sportsman compete with the best in the world!! We should appreciate and support his talent

duffer31

28-02-2009, 09:27 AM

the lad is the next tiger woods. a fella here in work has being going on about him for years since he was on the amateur circuit at 15. sensational golfer.

AmadeusDC

13-03-2009, 06:05 PM

Harrington currently 3rd and McIlroy 8th in the latest WGC Event. Big names all over the Top of the Leaderboard! Looks like it'll be a good weekend for golf fans.

http://www.pgatour.com/leaderboards/current/r473/index.html

-AmadeusDC-

AmadeusDC

13-03-2009, 07:59 PM

McIlroy goes -5 for the 2nd round, -9 overall and 2 shots off the lead. I believe he is playing with Kenny Perry who is -7 for the day (and in the form of his career at the moment). Harrington is having a ridiculously up and down day but will be right back in it if he can have a strong finish. If he could have avoided a few of those bogeys and the double bogey he'd be in with a great position for the weekend but if he could still shoot 1 or 2 under he'd definitely be there or there abouts when the pressure kicks in.

-AmadeusDC-

Flower Lodge

13-03-2009, 11:04 PM

See his finish tonight? Eagle, birdie finish! Massive! Should make for great tv Sat and Sun night.

AmadeusDC

16-03-2009, 02:11 PM

Tiger Woods has lavished praise on Rory McIlroy and claimed the teenager is capable of becoming the best player in the world.

Following his first professional victory at the Dubai Desert Classic earlier in the season, the Northern Irish youngster - who Woods' close friend Mark O'Meara described as more talented than Tiger at the same age - has surged into the top 20 of the world rankings.

He has continued his superb form on American soil, reaching the quarter-finals of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship two weeks ago before bowing out to eventual champion Geoff Ogilvy.

He added to his growing reputation Stateside with a polished showing at the WGC-CA Championship over the weekend, notching up another top-20 finish at the Doral Golf Resort.

His impressive form has caught the eye of Woods who made encouraging strides himself by finishing in a share for ninth in Miami.

Woods insists he has seen enough in the game of McIlroy to claim that the 19-year-old is a future world number one in the making.

"The guy's a talent," Woods stated. "We can all see it, the way he hits the golf ball, the way he putts, the way he can chip, get up and down.

"He has the composure. He has all of the components to be the best in the world, there's no doubt.

"It's just a matter of time and experience in big events. That takes time and I mean, he's only 19."

Tiger's thoughts....

AmadeusDC

16-03-2009, 02:18 PM

Did anyone else watch the golf? Phil played very well, especially for the first two days but it would have been very interesting to see someone other than his playing partner push him towards the end. He hit some very big shots but still looked a little shaky at times. McIlroy was great for the first 2 & 1/2 days but then had a few bad blips in quick succession on the back 9 Saturday and never recovered. He's some talent though.
Tiger was absolutely immense also and I can't believe how many putts he missed by a whisker! He honestly could have been 15 shots better EASILY over the 4 days. His ball striking was different class and it was just a case of NOTHING dropping. A week or two more though and he's gonna murder the field somewhere. The Master's perhaps? Harrington was solid if unspectacular all week and I'd say he finished around the same spot as McIlroy. Didn't look nearly as comfortable for most the week though. Watney did well too playing with Phil and other than one disappointing hole early on the back 9 he could have won the thing. I'd expect him to win quite a few more tournaments before he's done. -AmadeusDC-

-AmadeusDC-

HappyMonday83

16-03-2009, 02:19 PM

The future looks bright for british golf.

AmadeusDC

16-03-2009, 02:41 PM

the future looks bright for british golf.

:)

Papa Smurf

16-03-2009, 02:51 PM

McIlroy has been doing very well of late and will certainly be the golden boy of the European Tour. Hope he sticks with the European tour for a while despite all the big money in the US. He will still play a bit over there but he would be great for tour here.
Doral this weekend is one of his favourite courses and I actually expected more from him this weekend...I know that sounds harsh but he was really well placed by Friday night.

Flower Lodge

20-03-2009, 02:14 AM

AmadeusDC

20-03-2009, 07:55 AM

Doral this weekend is one of his favourite courses and I actually expected more from him this weekend...I know that sounds harsh but he was really well placed by Friday night.

Ehh, Papa it's almost 3am here and I might be drunk but I'm pretty sure Doral was the CA Championship and that was last weekend. I think he was done for a few weeks after last Sunday. In fact, I actually believe the American announcers quoted his manager as saying "he's going to go back to Northern Ireland, putting on a hoodie and be a teenager for a couple of weeks." Maybe I'm wrong but the lad played a fair few weeks in the States and Europe before that so he deserves some time off. BTW, he still finished in the Top 20 at Doral.

-AmadeusDC-

sunbabe08

20-03-2009, 09:19 AM

even when your drunk your spot on, the tournament last weekend was in doral.

seriously, i'm putting a bet on mcllroy, 2.50 each way and see how that turns out :oops:

cant wait for the masters this year!!!!!

and btw mcllroy has been quoted as saying he will stick with the european tour for a while. which is sensible to be honest, cause he's only starting out.

west cork rebel

04-04-2009, 12:01 AM

le bumb

how's he going to do? his name has been thrown about quite about a bit, but will be his first time at Augusta.

AmadeusDC

10-04-2009, 09:46 PM

Was doing really well but just 3 putted there for a bogey. He has a habit of bogeying two in a row so hopefully he can avoid that here. If he can stay in the Top 10 he has a great chance!

Correction 4 putted. 3 putted from 5 feet! FFS

-AmadeusDC-

sunbabe08

10-04-2009, 10:03 PM

:cry: two of my picks are slipping. for feck sake. why oh why. :cry:

sheeno

10-04-2009, 10:27 PM

7 at the last...didnt look very focused

AmadeusDC

10-04-2009, 10:47 PM

7 at the last...didnt look very focused

This is what I mentioned in the August thread. He has a habit of having a bad hole and then losing a few more vital strokes in quick succession. I said this and then watched it happen (perhaps even jinxed him) when he 4 putted on 16 and then had a triple bogey on 18. 5 shots given up in the last 3 holes. Bye bye any remote chance at this major.

It is something he will have to grow out of before he has any chance whatsoever in a major. It is understandable in a guy his age but it is frustrating all the same. That's why I figured Sunbabe's bet was worthless when she put it on him. Harrington (her other bet) on the other hand is much better value for money. He could still have a great weekend. And Tiger aside, I could see others coming back to him if he is in the hunt Sunday.

-AmadeusDC-

ho chi feen

11-04-2009, 12:18 AM

Fair play, great up and coming prospect in British sport.

blackie

11-04-2009, 12:35 AM

Possibly going to be disqualified

raZor

11-04-2009, 01:10 AM

Yip, kicking the sand, stupid enough out of him, well its actully for signing the wrong score, seeing as kicking the sand should carry a shot penalty.

Would it not be up to the marshall to see and react to?

sunbabe08

11-04-2009, 01:16 AM

arrrrgggghh. boy showing a little immaturity there on the 18th. i have no idea whats going on, but hopefully the boy will learn his lesson.

mirps

11-04-2009, 01:24 AM

arrrrgggghh. boy showing a little immaturity there on the 18th. i have no idea whats going on, but hopefully the boy will learn his lesson.

Rory 'The Boy' Mcilroy.

sunbabe08

11-04-2009, 01:28 AM

:lol: for the moment yeah. he aint no man just yet

sheeno

11-04-2009, 01:37 AM

saying now he may not have actually moved any sand!

raZor

11-04-2009, 12:21 PM

saying now he may not have actually moved any sand!

presume he's talking about the area around the ball, it will teach him alesson if nothing else anyway.

Bit harsh callin him "boy" there sunners, would you be so quick if he was black ;)?

storysham

11-04-2009, 12:22 PM

Doesnt matter now he was cleared and will play the weekend

sunbabe08

11-04-2009, 02:53 PM

Well he is a boy if he's going to act like the way he did. He wouldnt talk to the media afterwards. He still has a lot to learn

handydocket

11-04-2009, 09:09 PM

he should go around in 58 tomorrow to win the masters
lol
seriously though augusta is completely suited to his game.
he has the length but can also play a bit.
it`s obviously a year or two early for him but what a prospect.
my bet is though that the masters will be his 1st major when it does come.

sunbabe08

11-04-2009, 09:49 PM

i have no regrets putting my faith in him. he'll do well in a couple of years.

AmadeusDC

12-04-2009, 10:06 PM

31 on the final 9. Currently tied for 24th. His tournament was ended on the last few holes on Friday. If he had parred in he would have had serious momentum and he is a confidence player. Don't think he'd have won it no matter what though. -AmaduesDC-

Musical Paper Boy

28-07-2011, 04:21 PM

Rory's not doing too well with the media these days:

Rory McIlroy had a mixed first round at the Irish Open in Killarney today before following it up with an outburst on Twitter.

The 22-year-old, who finished with a double bogey, said rustiness was the likely cause as he posted a one-under 70 that left him three shots behind the early pacesetters.

"I think I was probably rusty," said McIlroy who has played little golf since finishing tied 25th in the British Open two weeks ago.

"I was caught in two minds with a few shots, which isn't like me, and was not very decisive off the tee," the world number four said.

McIlroy later shared a bitter exchange on Twitter with American Jay Townsend, a former European Tour player who now works for BBC radio.

Townsend tweeted: "McIlroy's course management was shocking. Some of the worst course management I have ever seen beyond under-10 boys' golf competition."

McIlroy quickly replied: "Shut up ... you're a commentator and a failed golfer, your opinion means nothing!"

His six at the 18th came when he tried to reach the green from sand but landed in the water.

"Fairway bunker play wouldn't be one of the strongest parts of my game," the Northern Irishman told reporters.

Earlier, McIlroy played a stroke which he placed in his all-time top five, bending his ball around trees and on to the green at the 14th after having produced another erratic tee shot.

CORKBHOY

28-07-2011, 04:24 PM

If you can't handle the heat get out of the kitchen.

sunbabe08

28-07-2011, 06:27 PM

oh rory. *shakes head*

Good News Caravan

28-07-2011, 07:28 PM

He's shown up again what a little shit he is.

His ol man would have been better off investing all his time and money in dissident republican activity.

CORKBHOY

28-07-2011, 07:46 PM

He's shown up again what a little shit he is.

His ol man should would have been better off investing all his time and money in dissident republican activity.
One major and he thinks he's made the big time. He'd want to come down off his high horse.

delzer

28-07-2011, 08:21 PM

Confirms what people were saying about him even before he won his major.

delzer

12-10-2011, 04:40 PM

Self proclaimed Working class hero Rory.

Working Class heroes don’t pizza with a knife and fork. McIlroy says it was too hot to pick up with his hands.

http://www.balls.ie/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/421984949.jpg

Musical Paper Boy

12-10-2011, 04:52 PM

http://www.yellowdoggerelde mocrat.org/images/20071010_GraspingAtS trawsSign.jpg

sunbabe08

12-10-2011, 05:26 PM

i eat a pizza with knife and fork. easier to eat in small bites.

UltraViolence

12-10-2011, 05:28 PM

i eat a pizza with knife and fork. easier to eat in small bites.

You can't take small bites if it's in your hand?

Pontipine

12-10-2011, 05:29 PM

Poor Rory.

To good for next years Irish Open and eating a pizza with a knife and fork.

For shame.

sunbabe08

12-10-2011, 05:31 PM

You can't take small bites if it's in your hand?

of course i can, but i like to cut in and eat it with a knife and fork to.

UltraViolence

12-10-2011, 05:47 PM

of course i can, but i like to cut in and eat it with a knife and fork to.

You've got notions about yourself i'd say.

Lapsy Pa

21-10-2011, 05:06 PM

He's after leaving Chubby Chandler and ISM and is moving to the same company that looks after McDowell

c'mere

30-11-2011, 06:20 PM

McIlroy will play Irish Open next year
Wednesday 30 November 2011

by Greg Allen

Rory McIlroy will play in next year's Irish Open, even though it clashes with a high-profile PGA Tour event scheduled to take place at the scene of his US Open triumph earlier this year.

The news was announced on Twitter and confirmed by McIlroy's new management company Horizon this afternoon.

"There has been a lot of speculation on whether or not I will play the Irish Open next year, so I am happy to announce that I will definitely play the tournament," the 22-year-old said in a European Tour statement.

"For me the Irish Open has always been, and will continue to be, one of the most important events on the global golf calendar.

"It's our national open and it's obviously a title that I would love to win at some stage in my career."

There had been some doubt about the 22-year-old's participation in his home open as the AT&T National is due to take place at Congressional on the same weekend.

The Irish Open will take place from 28 June to 1 July in 2012 having been been moved back five weeks to avoid a clash with the London Olympics.

Congressional clearly suited McIlroy's game and he won the US Open by a record margin of eight shots at the course near Washington in June, just two months after a final-round meltdown cost him victory in the Masters.

The venue has yet to be confirmed but McIlroy's decision to play the event may be critical in securing a title sponsor. The 2011 event only went ahead with backing from the European Tour and Failte Ireland.

"With Irish golf on such a high in recent years, it is important that we put on a good show not only for the home fans, but also for the global golf audience who will be watching the event on TV," McIlroy added.

"A lot has been made of me joining the PGA Tour again next year, but in reality it's not a drastic change to the schedule I have played in recent seasons.

"It just means that I will be adding a few more events to my schedule in America in 2012.

"I'll continue to play a similar schedule of events in Europe and will obviously fulfil my commitment to the European Tour."

Harry Zontal

30-11-2011, 06:33 PM

Doing the Irish Open a serious favour here I think.

c'mere

30-11-2011, 06:43 PM

Yeah. I'm very surprised. He tore it up at Congressional last time out.

Harry Zontal

30-11-2011, 06:56 PM

Tbh....the pgatour is much better that the european tour. There is a lot more money of course which attracts the best players.

Recently, the european tour has improved and the pga gone back a bit since Tiger and Phil are not at thier best.

rebelicecreamman

01-12-2011, 01:02 AM

patriotic move.
More power to him.

AmadeusDC

05-12-2011, 03:09 PM

He won over the weekend in Hong Kong I think. Didn't look like the strongest field in the world but a win is a win.

king of the BONGO

05-12-2011, 10:39 PM

patriotic move.
More power to him.

yep, might quieten some of the begrudgers.

He won over the weekend in Hong Kong I think. Didn't look like the strongest field in the world but a win is a win.

they call it the 'wheelbarrow' tour... flying around asia pocketing serious wedge in the off season.

king of the BONGO

05-12-2011, 10:40 PM

pardon the pun like.

sunbabe08

05-12-2011, 10:44 PM

plus valuable points for the european tour which is still going at the moment and world rankings. rory for no1!!!

delzer

05-12-2011, 11:05 PM

plus valuable points for the european tour which is still going at the moment and world rankings. rory for no1!!!

Donald had been a lot better than Rory this year. Would be a travesty if he doesn't get it.

sunbabe08

05-12-2011, 11:33 PM

delzer

06-12-2011, 11:00 AM

eh rory won a major. donald has not. ok, he's won 3 times, rory has won twice, and donald has been playing on the pga tour. but a major win is a major win, donald would give his 3 winnings for rory's major any day. both players have been consistent this year.

i'm not saying donald doesn't deserve to be number one. but major trumps every other kind of win

I know Rory won a major but Donald has been the most consistent golfer on both tours this season and deserves to win the order of merit. Rory would want to cop on as well. Giving out about being tired. He has played 6 events in Asia in the last two months and had a holiday in Dubai in between and is still complaining about tiredness. My heart bleeds.

AmadeusDC

06-12-2011, 05:02 PM

I know Rory won a major but Donald has been the most consistent golfer on both tours this season and deserves to win the order of merit. Rory would want to cop on as well. Giving out about being tired. He has played 6 events in Asia in the last two months and had a holiday in Dubai in between and is still complaining about tiredness. My heart bleeds.

In fairness isn't he waiting on the results of tests after the results of a recent blood test were abnormal. I doubt it's just fatigue although they play a helluva long season as well.

Blue Monday

06-12-2011, 05:11 PM

delzer

06-12-2011, 06:31 PM

In fairness isn't he waiting on the results of tests after the results of a recent blood test were abnormal. I doubt it's just fatigue although they play a helluva long season as well.

He didn't play all that much after he won the Us open. He had a virus which lowered his white blood count. Happens most people. Granted his energy levels are probably a bit lower but it didn't seem to effect him that much at the weekend.

sunbabe08

06-12-2011, 06:33 PM

maybe he's getting better. it happens

delzer

06-12-2011, 07:15 PM

maybe he's getting better. it happens

He only has it last week asfaik.

king of the BONGO

07-12-2011, 05:28 AM

He was on a drip for a few days I thought

down da Castle

07-12-2011, 09:13 AM

He was on a drip for a few days I thought

mentioned it as a cause for poor round on Saturday, said he slept for 12 hours on Saturday night and felt better Sunday but still not great, highlighted the importance of winning when you are not feeling good...

delzer

10-12-2011, 01:11 PM

He was on a drip for a few days I thought

He was in October...

delzer

10-12-2011, 01:12 PM

Luke proving he is the best player on both tours this year.

delzer

12-12-2011, 03:40 PM

Well Donald without a doubt the worlds Number One. Fancy him to rattle a major next year.

Rebel CNC

12-12-2011, 03:47 PM

Well Donald without a doubt the worlds Number One. Fancy him to rattle a major next year.

Yeah - needs to deliver on the majors or noone will remember him in a few years except maybe as the answer to a quiz question.

Pontipine

31-12-2011, 12:20 PM

Rory McIlroy MBE

http://www.breakingnews.ie/sport/clarke-and-mcilroy-make-queens-honours-list-534098.html

sunbabe08

31-12-2011, 12:37 PM

personally i think she's giving them out now for the sake of giving them out now.

but hey rory played for ireland in the world cup this year, so still irish in my eyes

POL

31-12-2011, 12:37 PM

British this week then

Stacky

31-12-2011, 12:52 PM

British this week then

True Brit True Grit !

POL

31-12-2011, 12:56 PM

no fear lads, he'll be photographed drinking a pint of Guinness next and he'll be Irish again

mickohall

31-12-2011, 12:58 PM

Irish, British, Paddy, Limey: who gives a flying fawk? This is Cork which is way better than both.

Stacky

31-12-2011, 01:29 PM

It is tribal on these small islands

Drink and tribal nonsense forever and ever

It is all we can afford

delzer

31-12-2011, 06:07 PM

no fear lads, he'll be photographed drinking a pint of Guinness next and he'll be Irish again

Well he has said it would be an honor to play golf for team GB in the Olympics if that's not nailing your colors to the mast i don't know what is. He has to play for Ireland in the world cup as there is no Northern Ireland team. When he threw the tricolour to the ground he set his stall out.

qtztjwLhqSs

down da Castle

05-01-2012, 02:37 PM

Well he has said it would be an honor to play golf for team GB in the Olympics if that's not nailing your colors to the mast i don't know what is. He has to play for Ireland in the world cup as there is no Northern Ireland team. When he threw the tricolour to the ground he set his stall out.

qtztjwLhqSs
http://www.rte.ie/sport/golf/2012/0105/mcilroyr.html

Well if he asks the president for permission to get his MBE or whatever it is from the queen, then he answers the question once & for all in my opinion

CORKBHOY

05-01-2012, 03:58 PM

Well he has said it would be an honor to play golf for team GB in the Olympics if that's not nailing your colors to the mast i don't know what is. He has to play for Ireland in the world cup as there is no Northern Ireland team. When he threw the tricolour to the ground he set his stall out.

qtztjwLhqSs

I've watched that clip several times and can't see him throw the tricolour to the ground. There only one fella who threw the tricolour and that was the lad in the crowd who threw it into McIlroy's face.

sunbabe08

05-01-2012, 04:13 PM

i would like my minute back delzer. :mad: load of bull from delzer again.

The Curious Lozenge

05-01-2012, 04:26 PM

face it sunbabe, your wet dream fantasy guy hates ireland and all the scum who dwell in her.

sunbabe08

05-01-2012, 04:30 PM

where did he ever say that??

delzer

05-01-2012, 04:44 PM

i would like my minute back delzer. :mad: load of bull from delzer again.

Its all fact Sunners.

sunbabe08

05-01-2012, 04:59 PM

gotta give me proof... seriously.

CORKBHOY

05-01-2012, 05:03 PM

gotta give me proof... seriously.

Don't mind them sunners.

Ruadhrí is one of our own.

The lads are just jealous of his lovely hair.

sunbabe08

05-01-2012, 05:05 PM

or lack of it :( he cut his lovely locks

delzer

05-01-2012, 05:08 PM

RORY McILROY is one of the most recognisable and popular sportsmen on this island but his declaration of intent to represent Britain in the 2016 Olympics, should golf be accepted at next week’s vote of the IOC, is likely to lose him friends on the southern side of the border. “I’d play for Great Britain,” he says. “I have a British passport. It’s a bit of an awkward question. It would be huge play in an Olympics and I’d love to get an Olympic medal one day.”

Golf, of course, is a 32 county sport. The men’s game is governed by the Golfing Union of Ireland, the women’s by the Irish Ladies Golf Union. The teams are known simply as Ireland – that is, until the players turn professional and suddenly the European Tour for reasons best known to itself labels those from the north as “Northern Ireland” even though there is no such entity in the game of golf.

When Rory McIlroy from Holywood, Co Down, and Graeme McDowell from Portrush, Co Antrim, tee it up in the World Cup of Golf in China next month, they will be representing Ireland just as Ronan Rafferty and David Feherty, both Downmen, have done when forming the team in the past.

It was perhaps ill-advised and much too early for McIlroy to voice an option for “Team GB” seven years ahead of golf’s possible reinstatement as an Olympic sport. A great deal could change in that time. Even now, if the Olympics were held next week,

Graeme McDowell has so far remained non-committal. After the International Olympic Committee’s executive board proposed golf and rugby should be included in 2016 at a meeting last month, he stated: “It’s a strange one. Golf’s an all-Ireland sport. I’d play for anyone. I’ve never been able to explain why golf’s an all-Ireland sport and rugby’s an all-Ireland sport but soccer is two different teams. It would be an honour to represent your country and I don’t mind which one I play for.

“It’s the biggest sporting event on the planet. I’d love to be involved in it, love to win a gold medal. It’severy young man’s dream, huge for golf around the world. Golf needs to go to the masses. I’m not a fan of golf being an elitist sport. Fingers crossed I get a chance to do it.”

It is a little ironic that golf and rugby should be up for inclusion in the Games at the same time because these are the sports that have historically unified Ireland. In due course, though, McDowell and McIlroy may have to state an allegiance, like so many from Northern Ireland have had to do before them.

At the Beijing Olympics, Wendy Houvenaghel won a cycling silver medal for team GB while boxer Paddy Barnes captured Ireland’s first medal of the Games.

The R & A, the game’s governing body, used to label Ulster golfers as “United Kingdom” when announcing the draw for the British Open Championship. Nowadays, they follow the European Tour and settle for “Northern Ireland”.

Their chief executive, Peter Dawson, says of the Olympic conundrum: “It’s a question that has yet to be resolved but I suspect that giving the players the choice is the likely outcome.”

sunbabe08

05-01-2012, 05:18 PM

delzer

05-01-2012, 05:42 PM

can i point out that rory and g-mac played for ireland in the world cup as it said in the article.

still don't see where he doesn't like ireland. plus it's his choice who ever he wants to play with. so meh. plus he has 7 years to make a full commitment. doesn't change my mind on him, i have followed him since his amateur days, still think he's a fantastic player.

but i think your issue was that he supposedly said he didn't like ireland. eh, he never said that

I never said he didn't like Ireland i said he considers himself British. Holds a British passport so he is not Irish.

Yes they played for Ireland as there is no GB team or NI team in the world cup. The Gui is 32 counties so they have no choice but to play for Ireland.

2016 is four years away btw.

legend76

05-01-2012, 05:53 PM

A lot will depend on where he is in the world rankings in four years time. If he's world number one he'll be playing for Britain. If he's behind Westwood, Poulter and Casey for example, he'll be throwing his hat in with Ireland

sunbabe08

05-01-2012, 05:58 PM

I never said he didn't like Ireland i said he considers himself British. Holds a British passport so he is not Irish.

Yes they played for Ireland as there is no GB team or NI team in the world cup. The Gui is 32 counties so they have no choice but to play for Ireland.

2016 is four years away btw.

4 years to make up his mind, a lot can happen

The Curious Lozenge

05-01-2012, 06:15 PM

sunbabe would you or would you not accept the bellend of mcilroy in your gowl?

Myerz

05-01-2012, 06:27 PM

I thought McDowell would declare himself American. He's halfway there with the accent already..