British Open 2014: Predictions for Rory McIlroy After Hoylake Triumph

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Published: July 20, 2014

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Rory McIlroy took another step in his already glittering career on Sunday, as he won the 2014 British Open at Hoylake by two shots over Rickie Fowler and Sergio Garcia.

At just 25 years old, he now has three major victories—along with his U.S. Open win in 2011 and PGA Championship victory in 2012—and is just a Masters triumph away from a career Grand Slam.

This puts him in fairly exalted company, per ESPN Stats & Info:



For some time now, people have been talking of the young Northern Irishman in the same breath as Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods and speculating as to whether McIlroy could be to his generation of golfers what those two American greats were to theirs.

He seems to be going along the right path, and, as The Sunday Times' David Walsh highlights, he won his third major under pressure from a surging pack, unlike his previous two, which he won at a canter, both by eight-shot margins:



It's yet another string to his bow, then, and it will serve him well as he looks to accumulate more majors.

But what is next for McIlroy? Can he go on to dominate his sport the way Woods and Nicklaus have done before him? He certainly wants to do so and feels that he has the ability. 

"I want be to be the guy that goes on and wins majors regularly," he said, per BBC Sport. "Golf is looking for someone to put their hand up and try to dominate and I want to be that person."

He has the game and the temperament to win many more majors and showed over the weekend that he can win on all different types of courses.



Possibly the next question to be asked about McIlroy is whether he will complete the career Grand Slam by winning the Masters at some point, and the answer has to be yes.

He memorably threw away a four-shot lead in the final round at Augusta in 2011, but that can be put down to inexpe...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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