Rory McIlroy on Tuesday at his pre-Olympics press convention.
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Shot one got here on the Dwelling of Golf.
Shot two got here forward of the Olympic match.
Ryder Cup banter, it appears, has no boundaries. Not place. Not time. The biennial occasion doesn’t begin for greater than a yr. However Rory McIlroy fired anyway. Every was brief. Every was cheeky.
The primary jab landed Monday at St Andrews, the place McIlroy performed an off-the-cuff spherical. People noticed the four-time main winner. They hollered. One shout broke by means of.
“New York loves you. … The Bronx, child. The Bronx. … The Bronx in the home.”
To which McIlroy shouted again:
“You’re not going to like us subsequent yr.”
Subsequent yr’s Ryder Cup, you see, might be performed at Bethpage Black. On Lengthy Island. The clip of the interplay will be seen beneath:
Jab two was thrown Tuesday, at McIlroy’s press convention earlier than this week’s Olympic occasion at Le Golf Nationwide in France. The Q&A had been largely civil. Would he attend some other occasions? He stated he would possibly. Would he welcome a proposed combined occasion on the subsequent Video games? He would. The place do the Olympics rank within the golf hierarchy? They’re excessive, he stated. What would a gold imply? Rather a lot. “It could be the achievement, definitely of the yr, if not — I feel for me, it’s effectively documented that I haven’t received one of many huge 4 in 10 years,” McIlroy stated. “It could most likely be one if, if not the largest in my profession for the final 10 years.”
Tame. As was the following query.
“Only for these watching at residence, most likely haven’t seen golf at Le Golf Nationwide since 2018. How completely different will the golf course play?”
Six years in the past, you see, the Ryder Cup was performed at Le Golf Nationwide, the place McIlroy and the Europeans smashed the American aspect 17.5-10.5.
The change continued this manner:
Mentioned McIlroy: “I don’t assume it is going to play that a lot in another way. It’s so pure. It’s in such nice form. However the tough is thick. It’s a fairly meaty setup.”
Requested a reporter: “Is the tough as thick?”
Answered McIlroy: “It’s fairly effectively — possibly not as …”
Answered Shane Lowry, additionally on the Video games: “In all probability not as lengthy.”
Answered McIlroy, to laughter: “Ask the People. I wasn’t in it a lot that week. I feel after I performed a follow spherical.”
With that, we’ll simply observe this:
There are lower than 14 months till the occasion begins.
