Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods and the PGA Tour’s Major Problem

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Published: April 4, 2013

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There are 14 PGA Tour events on the calendar in advance of the first major. Heading into the Masters, which begins on April 11th, Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy each will have teed off in five of those 14 tournaments.

McIlroy is off to a terrible start of the 2013 season. In four starts he has one top-10 finish. He placed 45th last weekend at the Shell Houston Open, originally scheduled to be his last tournament before the Masters. He added this week's Valero Texas Open as a final tune-up for Augusta. In his other two starts this year, the former world No. 1 lost in the first round of the Accenture Match Play and withdrew during the first round of The Honda Classic.

A truly terrible start after such a phenomenal season last year may worry some golfers, but with Augusta looming on the horizon, McIlroy doesn't even seem to care (via PGATour.com).

"I don't care if I miss ten cuts in a row if I win a major a year," McIlroy told reporters in the Valero Texas Open press conference. "I don't care. I mean, that's what it's all about, is winning the big tournaments."



The kid is candid, and he means what he says. McIlroy, who turns 24 years old in a month, has already been a professional golfer for nearly six years. He has made more money in tournament winnings and endorsements than most normal humans would make in three lifetimes, so it stands to reason someone like McIlroy would only care about the majors.

Like Woods, McIlroy also only seems to care about the majors because, historically, we measure the greatness of a golfer by the number of major championships he has won.

Tiger has been chasing Jack Nicklaus his entire career. He can't truly be considered the greatest golfer of all time—Woods has been four major titles behind Nicklaus for quite some time—despite the fact Woods has won four more tournaments than Nicklaus did in his career.



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Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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