Colin Sheridan: Green Jacket not the panacea we thought it would be for Rory McIlroy
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Colin Sheridan: Green Jacket not the panacea we thought it would be for Rory McIlroy
Oakmont, a penance of a course that offered little by way of forgiveness to anybody, especially the geniuses in the field, had reduced him to a state of fatigue-induced petulance we have seen many times before.
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The official welcome party for Rory McIlroy at Stormont to mark his Masters heroics seems to have been shelved. The Holywood man became just the sixth male golfer to achieve the career grand slam with the victory in April. But more than two months on from the win there has been no official celebration in Northern Ireland despite the promises of First Minister Michelle O'Neill and Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly. Speaking after the win in April, O'Neill mentioned hosting a "huge party" while Little-Pengelly said McIlroy would "undoubtedly get a deserved hero's welcome when he comes home". SDLP MLA, and 2002 All-Ireland champion with Armagh, Justin McNulty slammed the assembly for not hosting the Holywood man, telling The Irish News: "After the first minister publicly called for a 'huge party' after Rory McIlroy won the Masters, it's disappointing that such a historic sporting achievement for our island has gone unmarked. "For those of us who have followed Rory's career from the beginning and watched every shot at the Masters from the edge of our seats, this was a real opportunity to celebrate a unifying moment and lift public spirits." The Newry and Armagh MLA added that "we can now add party planning to their growing list of shortcomings". McIlroy's sights are now firmly set on Portrush at the Open Championship next month, with the world number two saying recently: "Hopefully I can celebrate with [the fans] on Sunday night with the Claret Jug and Green Jacket."
Irish Examiner
6 days ago
- Irish Examiner
Colin Sheridan: Green Jacket not the panacea we thought it would be for Rory McIlroy
Subscriber Colin Sheridan: Green Jacket not the panacea we thought it would be for Rory McIlroy Oakmont, a penance of a course that offered little by way of forgiveness to anybody, especially the geniuses in the field, had reduced him to a state of fatigue-induced petulance we have seen many times before.
RTÉ News
6 days ago
- RTÉ News
Rory McIlroy sets sights on home Open after 'climbing Everest' with Masters win
Rory McIlroy is ready for a new challenge after "climbing my Everest" of winning the Masters and has set his sights on next month's Open at Portrush. McIlroy ended a difficult week at the US Open on a high on Sunday, going some way to exorcising the demons of an Oakmont course that had tortured him for the first three days. The 36-year-old played his best golf of the week, with the sort of accuracy and guile that he would have longed for on Thursday and Friday, carding a three-under-par 67 to finish on seven under. It was not just the bruising difficulty of Oakmont which has left him feeling fuzzy-headed this week, though, as McIlroy still suffers the hangover of that career-defining win at Augusta in April, where he became just the sixth player to complete a career grand slam of majors. He has accepted that it is time to regain his focus and knows next month's Open on home soil is the place to do it. "Look, I climbed my Everest in April, and I think after you do something like that, you've got to make your way back down, and you've got to look for another mountain to climb," he said. "An Open at Portrush is certainly one of those. "If I can't get motivated to get up for an Open Championship at home, then I don't know what can motivate me. "I just need to get myself in the right frame of mind. I probably haven't been there the last few weeks." Next month's final major of the year is just 65 miles from where he grew up playing at Holywood and it will be his first time home since winning the Green Jacket and completing the set. "I feel like playing an Open at Portrush already (in 2019) and at least remembering what those feelings were like and those feelings that I was probably unprepared for at the time," he said. "Obviously it will be my first time sort of in public back home after winning the Masters. It should be a really nice week. "Hopefully I can celebrate with them on Sunday night with the Claret Jug and the Green Jacket. "It will be amazing to go home and play in that atmosphere and see a lot of people that I still haven't seen yet. I'm really looking forward to it. "It was nice to end this week with a bit of a positive note with the way I played today, and yeah, I'll just be looking forward to and trying to get myself prepared for Portrush."
