• About the proprietor
  • Contact Us

Grey Goatee Golf and Travel

It’s about golf, in the real world and in other places, actual and imagined: local golf, global golf, your little town, our big world. Of golf.

Your home course

It's about golf, in the real world and other places: Local golf, global golf, your little town, our big world. Of golf.
  • Home
  • Road Holes
  • The Craft
  • The Green Game
  • Equipped
  • Off Course
  • Teacher’s Corner
  • News

The roars were Rory’s

March 18, 2018 By Bart Potter Leave a Comment

The 42-year-old  wearing red on Sunday wouldn’t have beaten Rory McIlroy even if he hadn’t jerked his tee shot OB on 16 and slopped it around 17. He even said so: He knew he needed to play the last three holes in three-under to have a chance,  and it wouldn’t have been enough.

Rory McIlroy

Then there’s the big Swede from Sweden, who didn’t make big mistakes but was cautious with the lead, when he had it, and suddenly he didn’t.

The kid with the single-length irons wearing the Hogan hat drilled an eagle putt on 16 to get within one shot, and that wasn’t enough.

Tiger Woods, Henrik Stenson and Bryson DeChambeau were really good on Sunday at the Arnold Palmer Invitational and they couldn’t touch McIlroy, who birdied five of the last six holes in a back-nine 31, good for 64 overall and a three-shot victory.

McIlroy didn’t win anywhere in the world last year after winning the $10 zillion FedEx Cup in 2016. But he’s healthy and  cocky and he made everything he needed on the greens Sunday. And there’s this: He’s another little fucker who hits it a long ways.

 

Share this:

  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)

Related

Filed Under: News, UncategorizedTagged With: Arnold Palmer Invitational, Henrik Stenson, Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recent Posts

  • Global Golf Calendar: Party of two
  • Golf for Scotty G
  • It’s problematic
  • This post is made of 100 percent donated material
  • Mastery
  • Major ramifications
  • The roars were Rory’s
  • The Rules edition
  • World No. 388
  • Monday murmuring

Subscribe to Grey Goatee Golf via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Recent Comments

  • Steve Valandra on It’s problematic
  • Dave on This post is made of 100 percent donated material

Archives

Copyright © 2018 · greygoateegolf.com · Log in