The news didn’t shock many after watching Moore give McIlroy all he could handle Sunday at East Lake, but the pick means Bubba Watson missed the cut.
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If the twirl of the club after executing a shot is the definitive tell-tale sign of Rory McIlroy’s brilliance, it is something unseen that really makes him tick. “I have to learn from it”.
“I’ve made it no secret that it’s one of the last things I feel like I had left on my golf CV, and I made it a big goal of mine to win it”, McIlroy said.
“I did everything I could”, Moore said.
“Now we have a real chance”.
Moore kept up the pressure when he drained an unlikely par putt from long range, but McIlroy made no mistake with his birdie effort, complete with winning roar.
Montgomerie closed with a 4-under 67 to match McCarron at 15-under 198 at scenic Bear Mountain Resort, the first-year venue in the PGA Tour Champions event that was played in Hawaii from 2012-14. Davis Love III is the USA captain for the event. I just needed to come out here and play a really good round of golf. Every personal ambition or shot at glory pales into insignificance and is given up to putting blue on the board. Standing 137 yards from the flag, he punched his iron approach into the green and watched as it bounced once, jagged right … and into the cup for an eagle two. “I just couldn’t get anything going here this weekend”.
She helped the world No 3 get a police escort to the course for the Sunday singles after he mixed up his tee-off time – and still got to the course to win his singles match to help Europe retain the title.
McIlroy rightly points towards Henrik Stenson’s Open triumph and the Olympic gold medal as won by Justin Rose as causes for European optimism.
It is the second victory this season for McIlroy. McIlroy has returned to the form of his life at the flawless moment. Clarke will inherit a McIlroy brimming with confidence and, once more, holing putts which count. Then at the Barclays Championship, I made a few tweaks and found a consistency that allowed me to win that week. I took advantage of that opportunity. I put 100 percent effort into everything out there. He won the Deutsche Bank Championship, the second FedEx Cup playoff event.
Although he will be making his Ryder Cup debut at Hazeltine, Moore is no stranger to representing his country, as he has played in the Walker Cup, Palmer Cup and the World Amateur Team Championship during his career.
However, the Americans, on home soil this time around, should be considered the slight favorite to defeat the Europeans and take the Cup back at Hazeltine.
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