In our forums, our members have been reacting to comments made by Rory McIlroy, showing his lack of enthusiasm towards the Olympics.
The 32-year-old will represent Ireland next month at the games and has revealed that he is “not a very patriotic guy”, that he doesn’t know if there’s “much to look forward to” and is playing at the games because he feels it is “the right thing to do.”
Our members have been discussing McIlroy’s comments in our forum.
Here are a few posts from the thread, but make sure to check out the entire discussion and have your say at the link below.
- One Putter: “Why does it feel like Rory doesn’t really care much about golf anymore.”
- 3whacker: “IMO Rory needs to step away from reading the self-help books, they have just cluttered his golfing mind, they might have done wonders for his personal life and self-awareness, but if you listen to his pressers, he is always talking like someone who has just been thru a therapy session with a shrink…the over-analyzing over his golf swing and the mechanics and what he is working on has got him so tied up…maybe he needs to see a sports psychologist to free him up from all the other psychobabble because when he plays pure golf, he comes real close to being unbeatable.”
- Pepperturbo: “There are a lot of people that like Rory, but I am not one of them. My dislike began years back when Tiger influenced him to dump his manager to switch to Tiger’s mgt company, and it resulted in Rory’s breaking an implied contract and big court battle. Never followed it to see how it settled but haven’t bothered with Rory since. So, what he said in that interview and another interview is sad but not surprising. Rory is all about Rory, and I don’t think there’s much to him.”
- Go Cougs: “Yes, it is a weird thing for him to say. I see Rory as a pretty apathetic guy though, so not too shocking.”
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