Rory Mcilroy, the rebirth of the child golf prodigy

When a Rory Mcilroy They compared him to Tiger Woods being still a child for something. His skills with golf sticks were so overwhelming that he appeared on television programs by making the same exhibitions as the tiger at the time. To the … Boys of his age dominated them all over the world, from the World Cup in Doral (with nine years) to the consummation of their amateur career at eighteen, with the European championship, the best fan of the British Open and the number one of the number one of the ranking world. And then, since he debuted as a professional in Madrid in 2007, his successes were also replicated in the highest category.

That boy whom his parents gave some plastic sticks when he barely knew how to walk and then became the youngest partner of the Nori -Club of Hollywood, it was already a media star. He knew that all his success was due to the sacrifice of his parents, since Gerry came to work a hundred hours per week and Rosie To pack boxes in a nightly manufacturing shift to cover the training and travel expenses of your child. Therefore, as soon as Rory began to earn money (he resigned to go to college to invoice as soon as possible) bought them a house and removed them from working. «I can never thank you for everything they have done for me and the hours of sleep and coexistence that you have stopped having to fulfill my dream. I don’t want them to get back early because of me again. Now I will be the one who takes care of them, ”he said then.

Four big in three years

The victories followed on both sides of the Atlantic and its great moment was consumed in 2011, when it won the Open USA. That milestone came after the disappointment of having squandered four blows of advantage in the last nine holes of the masters of that course, which made its capacity for reaction clear. And as in the next three years he conquered as many greats (the PGA Championships of 2012 and 2014 and the ‘British’ of 2014) seemed clear that his domain would no longer have an end. It was a world number one number one and winner of the lists of the European and American circuits, but he still lacked a notch in his revolver: the green jacket of Augusta to complete a ‘Grand Slam’ that had only achieved five golfers throughout history.

It is not known whether because of that pressure or the distractions he had outside the fields (a stormy marriage and a belligerent position as president of the Association of Players that caused numerous enmity), but the reality is that his list of ‘Majors’ stopped dry. Therefore, when eleven years later he finally won the Masters He could breathe. “It has been a very long wait and the best thing is that nobody will tell me that I still don’t have it,” he sighed relieved already dressed in green.

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