Golf star
McIlroy with “fire in his belly” to Ryder Cup triumph
Rory McIlroy won the Ryder Cup with Team Europe. photo
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Rory McIlroy is one of the key figures in the Europeans’ Ryder Cup triumph. The golf star from Northern Ireland draws additional motivation from special situations.
Trouble seems to be coming for Ryder Cup star Rory McIlroy to be a driving force to achieve top performance on the golf course.
After the Europeans’ 16.5:11.5 triumph in the prestigious continental competition against the USA in Rome, the second in the world rankings explained that the argument with the caddy of the US player Patrick Cantlay had given the European team “additional fire in the bellies”. taken care of.
After McIlroy had won his first three games, the four-time major winner from Northern Ireland lost his match alongside Matt Fitzpatrick against the US duo Cantlay and Wyndham Clark on Saturday evening. McIlroy then accused Joe LaCava – Tiger Woods’ former caddie – of standing in his way and waving a cap in his line of sight before his decisive putt on the 18th green. This incident led to the 34-year-old’s outburst of anger in the parking lot of the golf course.
“I don’t think it motivated just me, it motivated the whole team. We felt disrespected on the last green,” McIlroy told the British broadcaster BBC. He spoke of the angriest moment he had ever experienced in his career. McIlroy and Team Europe then used this motivation on the final day. “We wanted to go out there and make them hurt.”
McIlroy fought back tears of joy after his triumph at the Marco Simone Golf & Country Club on Sunday. In contrast, after this defeat in the most important team competition in golf, the US selection has been waiting for success on European soil for 30 years.