Rory McIlroy Ruptures Tendon, Out of British Open + Longer?

[teeitup22]

Dumb by Rory. Jordan Spieth's path to winning the grand slam got a bit easier.

[MEfree]

A shame for sure. For those that say it was dumb, maybe not. Golf is an athletic sport and Rory's quickness and overall athletic ability helps him to be great. You don't become a good athlete by watching soccer on TV. Sure, maybe he could be engaging in a different form of cross training that is more controlled given that he is in the middle of the major season but I always found that playing sports like basketball and soccer were great for getting your mind off of things (and hard to replicate in a controlled environment).

[ChrisP]

Dumb by Rory. Jordan Spieth's path to winning the grand slam got a bit easier.

Why dumb? He's not allowed to do anything but play golf? He's not allowed to have friends and do activities with them? It's unfortunate, but it happens.

[Abu3baid]

Sad this happened to Rory, especially right before The Open.  I hope he makes it back in time.

[SPOILER=Warning: Off Topic] Abu3baid - Yeah, if news comes out that he is getting blood spinning done with the witch doctor he will automatically go on my list of suspected PED users for sure.. But his name hasn't come up yet so it's a moot point.. [/SPOILER] [quote name="MEfree" url="/t/83044/rory-mcilroy-ruptures-tendon-out-of-british-open-longer/10_10#post_1164901"]A shame for sure. For those that say it was dumb, maybe not. Golf is an athletic sport and Rory's quickness and overall athletic ability helps him to be great. You don't become a good athlete by watching soccer on TV. Sure, maybe he could be engaging in a different form of cross training that is more controlled given that he is in the middle of the major season but I always found that playing sports like basketball and soccer were great for getting your mind off of things (and hard to replicate in a controlled environment).[/quote] I'm pretty sure many professional teams ask or demand their players not play any other sport while in season.. Play soccer all you want just not right before a major? Seems like a no duh moment to me.

[rehmwa]

I'd rather they have lives and this stuff happens occasionally - good for him for having balance

[dkolo]

[SPOILER=Warning: Off Topic] Abu3baid - Yeah, if news comes out that he is getting blood spinning done with the witch doctor he will automatically go on my list of suspected PED users for sure.. But his name hasn't come up yet so it's a moot point.. [/SPOILER] I'm pretty sure many professional teams ask or demand their players not play any other sport while in season.. Play soccer all you want just not right before a major? Seems like a no duh moment to me.

Freak injuries happen. He's an athlete who likes to do athletic things. I don't think he was crazy for doing what he did, even considering the timing. Just bad luck.

[MEfree]

I'm pretty sure many professional teams ask or demand their players not play any other sport while in season.. Play soccer all you want just not right before a major? Seems like a no duh moment to me.

Yes, quite a few pro contracts have restrictions in them. A friend was telling me his son's high school baseball team limits what they can do during the season. OTOH, I once practiced with a French professional basket ball team who ended their practice with a soccer scrimmage.

[Golfingdad]

Jordan's Gram Slam probability probably went up a couple percentage points this morning.

Yeah, but only by the same amount that his odds went down after Tigers tidy final round yesterday. ;)

[nevets88]

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Originally Posted by Abu3baid

Abu3baid - Yeah, if news comes out that he is getting blood spinning done with the witch doctor he will automatically go on my list of suspected PED users for sure.. But his name hasn't come up yet so it's a moot point..

I'm pretty sure many professional teams ask or demand their players not play any other sport while in season.. Play soccer all you want just not right before a major? Seems like a no duh moment to me.

Freak injuries happen. He's an athlete who likes to do athletic things. I don't think he was crazy for doing what he did, even considering the timing. Just bad luck.

I agree. Sergio Garcia is part owner of a minor league football team and practices w/them I think. Matt Kuchar plays tennis. Some players ski or go snowboarding. Doesn't Fowler ride motocross? Villegas and Geoff Ogilvy cycle - cycling (more so in the US) is probably the most dangerous compared to the previous sports, ask David Feherty.

Steve Kerr encouraged his team to play golf during the playoffs.

People break a rib just by sneezing.

[Chilli Dipper]

Yes, quite a few pro contracts have restrictions in them. A friend was telling me his son's high school baseball team limits what they can do during the season. OTOH, I once practiced with a French professional basket ball team who ended their practice with a soccer scrimmage.

If somebody asks, Rory can always claim [URL=http://www.hardballtimes.com/tht-live/10th-anniversary-jeff-kent-washes-his-truck/]he was washing his truck.[/URL]

[RJH999]

OH MY GOD NO.

[jamo]

Yes, quite a few pro contracts have restrictions in them. A friend was telling me his son's high school baseball team limits what they can do during the season. OTOH, I once practiced with a French professional basket ball team who ended their practice with a soccer scrimmage.

MJ's contract rather famously had the opposite.

[jbishop15]

Sucks that he hurt his ankle, but I'm glad that he does things outside of golf. That's single-minded obsessiveness that a Tiger or Hogan has/had doesn't really lend itself to a happy and full life I don't think.

[billchao]

Sucks that he hurt his ankle, but I'm glad that he does things outside of golf. That's single-minded obsessiveness that a Tiger or Hogan has/had doesn't really lend itself to a happy and full life I don't think.

I don't know much about Hogan's private life, but Tiger was known to do all sorts of military exercises, so it's like like golf or lifting were the only athletic things he did. I agree that it's good for him to do other activities, though. I find it kind of odd that other people feel he's just supposed to spend the rest of his playing years doing nothing but golf. That'd be like the rest of us spending all of our free time developing our work skills.

[ghalfaire]

I am not a Medical Doctor (thought I should do some truth in advertising) but I have had some experience with "sprains and ruptured tendons". Both from personal experience and close friends and family.  Broken bones probably heal quicker and better.  Ruptured tendons take awhile to heal.  So even if they are minor tendons and you won't do yourself damage by continuing activity it very likely will be painful for some time to come and more prone to re-injury.  That's not a medical opinion but that they way I have experienced it and seen it go with others I have known.

[jbishop15]

I don't know much about Hogan's private life, but Tiger was known to do all sorts of military exercises, so it's like like golf or lifting were the only athletic things he did.

I agree that it's good for him to do other activities, though. I find it kind of odd that other people feel he's just supposed to spend the rest of his playing years doing nothing but golf. That'd be like the rest of us spending all of our free time developing our work skills.

For me Tiger's military stuff all falls under that same single-mindedness. I don't see it as something he actually uses as like a hobby; like, Rory isn't using soccer to train for golf.

[billchao]

For me Tiger's military stuff all falls under that same single-mindedness. I don't see it as something he actually uses as like a hobby; like, Rory isn't using soccer to train for golf.

I'm not sure how doing something like parachuting out of military aircrafts is in any way training for golf. I think you misinterpreted my use of the word "exercise."

[MrFlipper]

I'm not a doctor either but I've rolled my share of ankles and I'll bet he ends up just taping it up and he plays in the Open. He's not going to miss that, he'd have to wait 5 more years until it comes back. He's got ten days to get ready. It's not like he doesn't already know the course.

Plus it's not like he's a "Johnny Miller left ankle roller" anyway.

I think folks will be surprised that 1) he plays and 2) plays pretty well. It's amazing how stable a taped ankle feels when, without taping, it feels pretty wobbly.