Rory McIlroy: 2 Questions Will Determine the Remainder of His Career

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Published: November 15, 2012

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At the young age of 23, Rory McIlroy has already won nine professional events, including two major championships.

McIlroy is unquestionably the best young talent since a wiry young fella from Southern California took the golf world by storm back in 1996.

Although Tiger Woods won twice in 1996, he didn’t truly assume his thrown atop the golf world until his dominant performance at the 1997 Masters. Woods then followed his strong 1997 season with an off-year in 1998. That year, he won just a single tournament while going through his first swing overhaul with Butch Harmon.

The remainder of Woods' career has been a series of incredibly high peaks followed by a number of valleys. Woods completely dominated the game between 1999 and 2002. He then went through another swing overhaul, this time with Hank Haney, during which he had an average year in 2003 and won just once in 2004.

Woods took off again in 2005 and would once again dominate the game—right up until his epic victory at the 2008 U.S. Open while playing on a broken leg and torn ACL.

In 2009, Woods won six times but failed to capture a major. Of course, his severe struggles between 2010 and 2011 have now been well documented. Woods made a bit of a comeback in 2012 but is still in search of his first major title since 2008.

That has essentially been Woods’ career to date: incredible hot streaks followed by a few cold spells.

McIlroy has taken a high-speed elevator to the top of the golf world over the past 18 months. He is dating a tennis star, has become a worldwide celebrity and is about to sign a massive equipment contract, most likely with Nike.



McIlroy is essentially going to be the first professional golfer to truly enter Woods’ world since, well, Woods. So, the big question becomes, how will McIlroy deal with it all both on and off the course?

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Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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