Rory McIlroy: Grades and Break Down of Day 3 Performance

By
at Internationaled.org

Published: April 7, 2012

commentComment        



What a day for the No. 2 golfer in the world, Rory McIlroy. He came into Saturday at the Augusta National thinking "championship" but left thinking what could have been.

Fort the second time this week, McIlroy started off his round with a double bogey on the first hole. Although he was able to bounce back on Thursday, there was no bouncing back on Saturday, as bogeys started to pile up from there on out and his entire game began to dismantle itself.

He finished with a three-over par 77 and just about placed himself out of contention heading into Sunday at Augusta National.

It was hard to blame McIlroy's round on just one aspect of his game.  Putting and greens in regulation were equally terrible, and it seemed like his overall morale was falling with every missed putt and every mishit shot from the fairway.

McIlroy will start Sunday's final round at Augusta 10 strokes behind the leader Peter Hanson, after entering the third round just one stroke behind the leaders.

 

The Driver: D-

Only his playing partner Sergio Garcia had a worse driving day than McIlroy. Garcia hit just five fairways all day, as compared to McIlroy hitting seven out of 14 fairways on Saturday.

There just seemed to be no tempo to McIlroy's swing today. It seemed to have a lot to do with his difficulty on that first hole this entire week.  After a terrible double-bogey start there, it was hard for him to rebound as fast as others were climbing the leader-boards on Saturday.



He also seemed to be unhappy with his mechanics, especially off the tee on Saturday.  His driver was a clear reason as to why he has been in contention in so many majors up to this point, and it was simply not there on Saturday.

 

Iron Game: D

There were not too many golfers worse from the fairway than McIlroy. He hit just eight greens in re...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

Latest News


Comments

Comments are closed.

Sponsors

Bruins Tickets The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston, Massachusetts. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League.

Red Wings Tickets The Detroit Red Wings are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League.

Penguins Tickets The Pittsburgh Penguins are a professional ice hockey team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League.

New York Rangers Tickets play their home games at Madison Square Garden, they are one of the oldest teams in the NHL, having joined in 1926 as an expansion franchise, and are part of the group of teams referred to as the Original Six.

San Jose Sharks Tickets The San Jose Sharks are a professional ice hockey team based in San Jose, California, United States.

Toronto Maple Leafs Tickets The Toronto Maple Leafs are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League.

New Jersey Devils Tickets The New Jersey Devils are a professional ice hockey team based in Newark, New Jersey. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League.

Washington Capitals Tickets The Washington Capitals are a professional ice hockey team based in Washington, D.C.

Buffalo Sabres Tickets The Buffalo Sabres are a professional ice hockey team based in Buffalo, New York. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League. Get the Sabres and all of your NHL Tickets here.

NASCAR season is on of the most attended sports in the world. NASCAR Tickets to the best tracks is a must every year. Some of these tracks are: Talladega Tickets, Lowes Motor Speedway Tickets, Pocono Raceway Tickets, located in Ridgeway Virginia you have Martinsville Speedway Tickets and southern US you have two of the most popular Atlanta Motor Speedway Tickets and Texas Motor Speedway Tickets. Don't miss all the racing events this year!

Boston Red Sox Tickets The Boston Red Sox are a member of the Major League Baseball’s American League Eastern Division. Since 1912, the Red Sox's home ballpark has been Fenway Park. This is one of the hottest MLB Tickets sales of any team in the major league.

New York Yankees Tickets The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the borough of the Bronx, in New York City, New York and are a member of Major League Baseball's American League East Division. Get tickets to one of the hottest games of the season Yankees Red Sox Tickets.

Chicago Cubs Tickets The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's National League.

Phillies Tickets The Philadelphia Phillies are a Major League Baseball team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are the oldest continuous, one-name, one-city franchise in all of professional American sports, dating to 1883.

Orioles Tickets The Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland.

Do you love wrestling? Get your WWE Tickets and WWE Survivor Series Tickets today!