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Seeing as Rory McIlroy was eligible for rookie of the year, I think he deserved to win the trophy.
Westwood mentioned all the reason why he should have won and when an American like Dustin Johnson says something like that, it should be great that Rory deserved it.

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Why are so many people doubting that Rory was a rookie? Of course he was! It was his first season on the PGA tour. *rolls eyes*

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Why are so many people doubting that Rory was a rookie? Of course he was! It was his first season on the PGA tour. *rolls eyes*

Because not many "rookies" enter their first season having played 11 PGA Tour events and being ranked in the top 10 in the world...

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Because not many "rookies" enter their first season having played 11 PGA Tour events and being ranked in the top 10 in the world...

Maybe they should either give it to Rory with an asterix, or fix the criteria and announce why he didn't win.

It would be the perfect capper to "2010 - the year of the rules debacle".

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"Dustin Johnson, who said he did not vote, was not aware the award had been announced Saturday night."

DJ, Sir (ahem): you're a good man and you will go far in your chosen field, but sheesh you really need to improve your situational awareness in 2011. It cost you more than once in 2010 ....

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Because not many "rookies" enter their first season having played 11 PGA Tour events and being ranked in the top 10 in the world...

8 of the 11 events were Majors and WGCs.

Rickie had probably played in more regular PGA tour events than Rory before this season (including nearly winning last year) so I don't really see your point?

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Maybe they should either give it to Rory with an asterix, or fix the criteria and announce why he didn't win.

Oh for goodness sakes... he didn't frickin' win because he got less votes than Rickie. PGA Tour players vote and Rory lost. It's that simple.

Rickie had probably played in more regular PGA tour events than Rory before this season (including nearly winning last year) so I don't really see your point?

Oh, so those don't count, and Angel Cabrera or Colin Montgomerie could win Rookie of the Year next year, eh? Please.

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Oh for goodness sakes... he didn't frickin' win because he got less votes than Rickie. PGA Tour players vote and Rory lost. It's that simple.

Yeah, I realize that. What I meant was, had Rory collected more votes, they could have done what I suggested.

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Yeah, I realize that. What I meant was, had Rory collected more votes, they could have done what I suggested.

If Rory got more votes he would have won. I'm not sure I see the point.

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LOL Angel Cabrera getting Rookie of the Year....maybe next year!

That would get all the pros twittering.

What would Lee say about that one!

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I can't see why guys like Westy and G-Mac are so critical of this 'Rookie Of The Year' decision.
Westwood clearly points out in his Twitter post reference to the Majors and the Ryder Cup, neither of which are specific to the PGA Tour.
The results alone show that Fowler deserves this title:
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Without getting too pedantic about it, Rory had at least two T3s this year, in the British Open and the US PGA.


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Oh, so those don't count, and Angel Cabrera or Colin Montgomerie could win Rookie of the Year next year, eh? Please.

You said Rory shouldn't be a rookie because he had played PGA tour events before. I stated that Rickie had also played PGA tour events before.

Make up your mind on what argument you are going to make please. You are just looking silly now.

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You said Rory shouldn't be a rookie because he had played PGA tour events before. I stated that Rickie had also played PGA tour events before.

He hadn't played 11. He played, what, two or three fall series events in an attempt to get his PGA Tour card. He didn't quite get there so he went to Q School. He wasn't in the top 10 in the world and he hadn't played in 11 PGA Tour events. Big difference.

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don't think there is anything wrong with the european tour, every golf course in the world looks and plays different to the next! How can you suggest they stay away from 'your' majors when at least half of the top 10 are brittish or european? Dont forget that if golf was not invented in america, it was invented in scotland, does st andrews look like a muni?

man if they dont like the judging stay on their own damn tour and not play in the majors!! the european tour suks!!! many of those courses look like munis to me. all in all if they dont like it quit whining and stay in europe!!

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No, it looks more like a cow pasture.

Of course, I'd still mortgage my left nut to play there.

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man if they dont like the judging stay on their own damn tour and not play in the majors!! the european tour suks!!! many of those courses look like munis to me. all in all if they dont like it quit whining and stay in europe!!

the courses on the us pga tour are the same every week, massive fairways short rough and quick greens, no wind all year round=boring


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Because not many "rookies" enter their first season having played 11 PGA Tour events and being ranked in the top 10 in the world...

But but but, doesn't that put him up there with the Greatest Rookies of All Time?

Or would his election be the greatest "rook"* of all time? *brit slang for theft, as in saying when finding your "tuck" (e.g. cookies) is no longer in your hidey-hole at school: "blimey, I've been rooked!".

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