"McIlroy, unlike the recently deposed world No. 1, is killing them softly this week at Congressional."
/At this point, we're not sure it does. McIlroy, unlike the recently deposed world No. 1, is killing them softly this week at Congressional. With kid gloves, and that's not a pun relating to the fact that he's barely above drinking age.
It's pretty easy to see where McIlroy gets his charm and manners. His father, Gerry, is here this week, a man who once worked three jobs to find the extra money needed to fund Rory's burgeoning amateur career. Earlier this week, I pulled Gerry away from his lunch to talk about his son, and he left his plate of grub on the clubhouse table in order to oblige.
The golf world needs Rory to play like Tiger, not act like him. The rest will take care of itself.
"If he won by a few here, he might have an aura," Chandler said. "He's only won two tournaments. If he wins a few more, he might just get that aura."
Other players make golf look contorted and highly taught. You can see every moving part in the twist-and-lean motion of Bubba Watson, and practically hear the grinding of gears in the mechanics of Tiger Woods. But McIlroy’s body language says, “What’s so hard about this?”
