Rory's Fore Iron - In The Drink

Nice Form - Good Reverse C-Curve

I‘m a big fan of Rory McIlroy as a professional golfer.  However, McIlroy’s latest temper tantrum  at Trump National Doral during the second round of the recent WGC-Cadillac Championship goes beyond the pale.  Some golf observers think he has an outside chance of catching Jack Nicklaus’s record of 18 major tournament wins.   McIlroy will never get there if he lets his temper get the best of him on the golf course.  It’s childish, and unprofessional.  Tommy Bolt, the winner of the 1958 U.S. Open and a member of the WGHOF, was famous for throwing clubs.  Yes, he established a reputation and became famous for a questionable trademark.  But he only won one major, when he had the talent to win more.

Now THAT'S How You Throw A Club

I was playing a round of golf with my father when I was a teenager.   I hit a spectacularly crummy iron shot, and tossed the offending club about 30 yards down the fairway, about as far as my full iron shot had traveled (or perhaps the divot, far out-pacing the shot.  Memory dims as to the precise details.)  My father immediately ordered me off course.  A normally mild-manned gentleman, my dad was thoroughly displeased by my juvenile display of temper, and rightly so.   Needless to say, it was the last time I threw a club after hitting a bad shot (an opportunity I have had times beyond counting since.)  The lesson had been learned.  

Rory's Caddy Suggests A Club

While no one in McIlroy’s sphere of influence is likely to reprimand grown-up Rory for his juvenile behavior, please show me a video of Jack Nicklaus throwing a golf club and I will eat my Tiger club covers.  The role model is there, Rory, and not just for winning majors; please take heed. 

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