I’m not just referring to this tournament but more in general. From the limited golf I watch he always seems to get on the green ahead of most of the rest but then has to two putt and three putt the hole after that. Seems everything is based on the distance he’s able to drive the ball and he’s lacking in the more subtle aspects.
For gods sake, don’t engage
It’s fact. Are you butt hurt that Down’s Happy Gilmore mucked it up again because he putts like a retired teacher on a regional golf course?
It’s coming guys. Stay the course
Impossible to compete really if you can’t hit it a mile. You end up hitting long irons into greens = longer putts = more 2 putts
He is long but not ridiculous ahead of the field on it. He is top of driving stats and 30th in putts per round
Is there a metric where they look at average putt distance. He just never seems to hole the medium difficult ones in the majors that most of his peers do.
Joe Molloy is distraught.
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His putting is average.
His Driving is superb.
It’s his irons & general approach play letting him down in the heat of the hunt.
In saying that he hit a good % of greens in regulation but just didn’t get as close as the opposition.
He just came up against someone firing a couple of cylinders better.
Definitely didn’t shit the course like usual.
I’d say the bookies are chuckling into the cornflakes this morning.
Everyone i spoke to yesterday felt he was a certainty & was piling into him
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Average putt distance is moot one really…if you but the first from 20 ft and the 2nd from 2 then it makes the average pointless…id say you’d be surprised at the putting stats for the pros in general…think they said in the coverage last night that in general players will only hole one putt over 20 ft in 4 rounds of golf.
McIlroy averages about 27 putts a round…if I could do that I’d be a scratch golfer overnight
Interesting numbers here…don’t be fooled from watching the highlights on tv…
But what is the reality when it comes to the percentages of putts that the pros make?
On average PGA Tour pros make 99% of 2-foot putts, 96% of 3-foot putts, 88% of 4-foot putts and 77% of 5-foot putts according to strokes gained pioneer, Mark Broadie. From 10 feet their one putt percentage is 40%, 23% from 15 feet, 15% from 20 feet, 7% from 30 feet, 4% from 40 feet, 3% from 50 feet and 2% from 60 feet.
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Relatively. He is 40th on your last season so we’ll above average. Just doesn’t match rest of his game
Someday he’ll go all the way 
Rory is an enigma. I was absolutely certain he’d win yesterday. One stroke behind on a course that had stopped giving up shots and the two in front of him a flake and a novice. Scheffler was the only danger and when he couldn’t get going that was surely that. And still Rory couldn’t seal the deal. It’s almost Shakespearean at this stage.
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It was similar enough to the British open last year. He didn’t do a whole pile wrong but the putts just didn’t drop. It wasn’t even like he hit a lot of bad putts either it was just one of days.
He’s a lot of it done now too. Like in most sports the younger lads are bringing it to a new level and it’s fairly possible his best just isn’t good enough anymore.
In fairness I think jack Nickulous was second 9 or 10 times too.
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I believe in Rors.
Nicklaus was second 19 times I think?
Was it that much? I just remember it being a lot.
I don’t recall tiger finishing second too often.
A lot of it is mental too. Mcilroy doesn’t really get inside lads heads like a brooks can or obviously tiger.
Ah go easy on yourself, you were only a chap for a few of them.
All told, from the fourth hole on Saturday, until the final hole on Sunday, McIlroy did not make a putt over 7 feet.
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Woods has 7 seconds in majors…about 30 seconds altogether
I’m surprised it’s as high in majors.