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Comparing one career that is more than half over to one that is just starting is futile and not my point. Yes, tiger is alltime great, we have established that. I am talking about the evolution of the modern golf swing. Tigers weakness was snapping his leg into a rigid position to maximize his power, rory seems to create his with less stress and more natural movement. Parardox, to your point, why can't he see butch? Think mickelson has a no tiger clause?

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Yeah, the thread got hella derailed there about comparing careers somehow. I think people are afraid to say the slightest thing negative about tiger or say someone might have something over him or his former self. Bottom line is, Rory has one hell of a golf swing. balance is unbelievable and it seems so effortless. As good as Tiger's in my opinion.

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Rory's swing is a thing of beauty.

But to compare him to Tiger is unfair to Rory, it's like saying Djokovic could beat Federer's records because he had a fantastic start of the year.

The comparison can start when Rory has won a few majors, made a few clutch plays etc.

Right now we should just enjoy his dominance this week, "it's almost Tigeresque" like Jason Day said.

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This comparison is all wrong. As someone pointed out, it has to be Tiger 1997 vs Rory 2011.

Firstly, they were of a similar age (Tiger 21, Rory 22), both had similar years on tour (Tiger turned pro in 1996, Rory in 2008), Woods had three wins to his name, McIlroy, two.

The the results in Majors:

TIGER WOODS

1996

The Masters - CUT

US Open - T82

The Open - T22

PGA Championship - DNP

1997

The Masters - Won

US Open - T19

The Open - T24

PGA Championship - T29

RORY MCILROY

2009

The Masters - T20

US Open - T20

The Open - T477

PGA Championship - T3

2010

The Masters - CUT

US Open - CUT

The Open - T3

PGA Championship - T3

2011

The Masters - T15

US Open - Won

Here we have McIlroy's slight advantage of having an extra two attempts at a Major, but you also have to look at other areas he's superior to Woods in at his point: ball-striking, course-management, maturity, bounce-back-ability, playing within a deeper class of player.

The level of where Woods was in June 2000, McIlroy is about to enter now .

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Originally Posted by RichF

The level of where Woods was in June 2000, McIlroy is about to enter now.


That's funny.

Oh, you were being serious?

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It's been known since Rory was about 14-15 that he would win majors. He has been my favourite golfer since he was 15 and I have followed his career for the last 7 years. It's great to see a player you have followed since he was barely a teenager follow through with the potential he obviously had.

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The level of where Woods was in June 2000, McIlroy is about to enter

By your own logic, since it has to be 1997 Woods vs. 2011 McIlroy, wouldn't Rory be entering that 2000 Tiger level three years from now?

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Rory is a great kid with a bright future but the reality is that he's really accomplished very little to this point.   It's not fair to compare him at this point to Tiger in his prime.   Let's see what Rory's prime looks like before we get too excited.

Tiger in his prime wasn't just dominant, he changed the game.   He pulled up the level of play of the entire tour.   Hell he had his own signature shots like the 2 iron stinger.

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Um..I think you all really need to reread the original post again. Nobody is talking careers here. The OP isn't trying to compare Rory's career with Tigers. Let's get real.

'I never thought I would see someone make a full swing as powerful and balanced as tiger in his heyday. But rorys swing looks so.....perfect. I wonder how his club/ball speed and other factors compare to tiger at his prime.

Not one part of that paragraph is anyone weighing up careers. The bottom line is, Rory has one unbelievable golf swing. What he's won and hasn't won is a whole different can of worms.

The kid has serious talent and a beautiful swing to go with it.

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Originally Posted by RichF

Here we have McIlroy's slight advantage of having an extra two attempts at a Major, but you also have to look at other areas he's superior to Woods in at his point: ball-striking, course-management, maturity, bounce-back-ability, playing within a deeper class of player.

The level of where Woods was in June 2000, McIlroy is about to enter now.


rory has already missed more cuts in three years than tiger has his entire career, but thanks for playing!

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Originally Posted by senorchipotle

rory has already missed more cuts in three years than tiger has his entire career, but thanks for playing!



Rory also turned pro way younger than Tiger. Tiger missed a good few cuts as an amateur. Thanks for playing!

Missed cuts at majors: Tiger 3 (not including a WD): Rory 2

Edit: Tiger has missed a total of 17 cuts on the PGA Tour, Rory has missed 6 so far.

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Well we are back on the stats track, but that's cool...at least I have a new catch phrase, thanks for playing!

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Rory also turned pro way younger than Tiger. Tiger missed a good few cuts as an amateur. Thanks for playing!

Missed cuts at majors: Tiger 3 (not including a WD): Rory 2

Edit: Tiger has missed a total of 17 cuts on the PGA Tour, Rory has missed 6 so far.


not sure where you got that 17 from, but tiger has missed only 7.

edit... sorry, tiger's missed 6 cuts.

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Originally Posted by senorchipotle

not sure where you got that 17 from, but tiger has missed only 7.



Well he missed the cut in his first 7 PGA Tour events...so....

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Originally Posted by iacas

That's funny.

Oh, you were being serious?


Well, has anyone else done this to a Major field?

-17 with 7 holes to go?

I don't think he'll win by 12 strokes, but this is as close as you'll get to Woods' Pebble Beach masterpiece...

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Originally Posted by jamo

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Originally Posted by RichF

The level of where Woods was in June 2000, McIlroy is about to enter

By your own logic, since it has to be 1997 Woods vs. 2011 McIlroy, wouldn't Rory be entering that 2000 Tiger level three years from now?

No, jamo - I meant if you look at their respective ages, years on tour and number of Majors played...the number is very similar when they both won their first Major (only Rors didn't have any error=filled 40 1st-Round.)

Woods had another 2 years and 5 Majors on Rors before winning at Pebble Beach...

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Originally Posted by RichF

Well, has anyone else done this to a Major field?

I don't think he'll win by 12 strokes, but this is as close as you'll get to Woods' Pebble Beach masterpiece...


Tiger won by 15. And that answers your first question.

Rory's going to win the next three majors after this one? Like I said, "that's funny."

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He has just as good a chance as anyone else. He won't though

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Tiger won by 15. And that answers your first question.

Rory's going to win the next three majors after this one? Like I said, "that's funny."



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