What a great weekend it was for the game of golf. Truth be told, Youth is served and it's dished out in huge, satisfying portions.
Rory McIlroy not only won the Quail Hollow Championship on Sunday afternoon in Charlotte, North Carolina, he dominated. Things like that can be said when you make the cut on the number and then proceed to leapfrog the entire field on the weekend with rounds of 66-62 to close it out, winning by four shots over Phil Mickelson.
McIlroy's course record setting 10-under par 62 featured six 3s on his card over the final six holes. The 20-year old from Northern Ireland posted the best rounds of the day on both Saturday and Sunday to finish at 15-under par 273 and collect $1.17 million.
What can you and I learn from someone who will be celebrating his 21st birthday on Tuesday? As cliche as it sounds, take it one shot at a time, stay out of your own way and believe in what you're doing. How many times have you (or I) given up on a round instead of plowing through and making things happen. That doesn't mean being reckless, what that means is making the most of the situation at hand with the talent you have.
On the other side of the world Sunday, 18-year old Ryo Ishikawa, another of the youngster's on the horizon, became the first player on a major tour to shoot 58 in winning The Crowns in Togo, Japan. For Ryo it was his seventh career Japanese Tour title and the win was worth $255,000.
Ishikawa was bogey free on the day and improved his score by 13 shots from his Saturday 71. For the record, Ryo posted 12 birdies against no bogeys on the par-70, 6,545-yard Nagoya Golf Club course.
It just goes to show that with everything that has been going on in the world of golf over the last few months, both on and off the golf course, the game appears to be in good hands, being held in an interlocking grip and swinging fearlessly right on the flag. And on Sunday the good news came from the play of two shining bright stars, each halfway around the world from each other, on the golf course.
The Kids are Alright.
Rory McIlroy not only won the Quail Hollow Championship on Sunday afternoon in Charlotte, North Carolina, he dominated. Things like that can be said when you make the cut on the number and then proceed to leapfrog the entire field on the weekend with rounds of 66-62 to close it out, winning by four shots over Phil Mickelson.
McIlroy's course record setting 10-under par 62 featured six 3s on his card over the final six holes. The 20-year old from Northern Ireland posted the best rounds of the day on both Saturday and Sunday to finish at 15-under par 273 and collect $1.17 million.
What can you and I learn from someone who will be celebrating his 21st birthday on Tuesday? As cliche as it sounds, take it one shot at a time, stay out of your own way and believe in what you're doing. How many times have you (or I) given up on a round instead of plowing through and making things happen. That doesn't mean being reckless, what that means is making the most of the situation at hand with the talent you have.
On the other side of the world Sunday, 18-year old Ryo Ishikawa, another of the youngster's on the horizon, became the first player on a major tour to shoot 58 in winning The Crowns in Togo, Japan. For Ryo it was his seventh career Japanese Tour title and the win was worth $255,000.
Ishikawa was bogey free on the day and improved his score by 13 shots from his Saturday 71. For the record, Ryo posted 12 birdies against no bogeys on the par-70, 6,545-yard Nagoya Golf Club course.
It just goes to show that with everything that has been going on in the world of golf over the last few months, both on and off the golf course, the game appears to be in good hands, being held in an interlocking grip and swinging fearlessly right on the flag. And on Sunday the good news came from the play of two shining bright stars, each halfway around the world from each other, on the golf course.
The Kids are Alright.
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