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Zika virus outbreak in Lahinch?

  • 21-02-2019 7:01pm
    #1
    Atoms for Peace
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,888 ✭✭✭


    So Rory Macilroy has decided to skip the Irish open to concentrate on the British open. Quite a poor PR move.


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  • #2
    political analyst
    Registered Users Posts: 4,434 ✭✭✭political analyst


    What has golf got to do with the Zika virus?


  • #3
    weldoninhio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,311 ✭✭✭✭weldoninhio


    political analyst wrote: »
    What has golf got to do with the Zika virus?

    He refused to represent Ireland in the Olympics due the virus. Same with the Lowry clown.


  • #4
    Hedgelayer
    Registered Users Posts: 530 ✭✭✭Hedgelayer


    That's one extra car space in Lahinch for the Open...
    Lahinch is a beautiful course, it's sad he's not going to turn up.

    Gives someone else a chance now.


  • #5
    MrMusician18
    Registered Users Posts: 7,194 ✭✭✭MrMusician18


    weldoninhio wrote: »
    He refused to represent Ireland in the Olympics due the virus. Same with the Lowry clown.
    It was a very weak excuse tbf. You'd have more respect if he'd just been honest by saying it wasn't worth his while, that majors matter more than Olympic medals.


  • #6
    Harry Palmr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 40,061 ✭✭✭✭Harry Palmr


    Well he is foreign.


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  • #7
    Poor Uncle Tom
    Registered Users Posts: 14,544 ✭✭✭✭Poor Uncle Tom


    He's just trying to Zika tension! .................:p


  • #8
    touts
    Registered Users Posts: 6,432 ✭✭✭touts


    Almost every major tournament he has played in recent years he will have one round that threatens the course record. One round that threatens to exceed 80 and two average rounds in or around par. That's all mental and skipping the Irish Open will do **** all to solve the problem.


  • #9
    Cookie_Monster
    Registered Users Posts: 24,469 ✭✭✭✭Cookie_Monster


    So? More money in the UK one no doubt...


  • #10
    Your Face
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,277 ✭✭✭Your Face


    I think Furio said it best.


  • #11
    Pherekydes
    Registered Users Posts: 16,109 ✭✭✭✭Pherekydes


    What dates are we talking about?

    Myself and the wife go to Lahinch frequently and I wouldn't fancy being stuck there with a bunch of Golf bores.


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  • #12
    dundalkfc10
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,719 ✭✭✭dundalkfc10


    touts wrote: »
    Almost every major tournament he has played in recent years he will have one round that threatens the course record. One round that threatens to exceed 80 and two average rounds in or around par. That's all mental and skipping the Irish Open will do **** all to solve the problem.

    The same golfer who has won 4 yes 4 majors in his career?

    99% of golfers win none!


  • #13
    TCP/IP
    Subscribers Posts: 3,698 ✭✭✭TCP/IP


    If they around the same time, the British open is a major of course he should not play the Irish open.


  • #14
    statesaver
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,084 ✭✭✭statesaver


    I cannot find anything likable about the guy.


  • #15
    weldoninhio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,311 ✭✭✭✭weldoninhio


    TCP/IP wrote: »
    If they around the same time, the British open is a major of course he should not play the Irish open.

    Irish open is 2 weeks beforehand.


  • #16
    touts
    Registered Users Posts: 6,432 ✭✭✭touts


    dundalkfc10 wrote: »
    The same golfer who has won 4 yes 4 majors in his career?

    99% of golfers win none!

    He hasn't won a major in years and it's because he can't string 4 good rounds together. He clearly has the talent but I think something is mentally blocking his ability to win. Skipping the Irish Open isn't going to solve that.


  • #17
    weldoninhio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,311 ✭✭✭✭weldoninhio


    touts wrote: »
    He hasn't won a major in years and it's because he can't string 4 good rounds together. He clearly has the talent but I think something is mentally blocking his ability to win. Skipping the Irish Open isn't going to solve that.

    Can’t see him ever winning another.


  • #18
    Richard Hillman
    Registered Users Posts: 12,033 ✭✭✭✭Richard Hillman


    The Irish open is a bit of an ordeal for McIlroy with sponsors commitments and so forth. The reason he gave up the sponsorship was to focus on playing before the Open. I'm sure he would love the money the McIlroy foundation would make in sponsoring it but he is a golfer, first and foremost.

    It should be noted that McIlroy was a huge figuring in reviving the Irish Open from just another European Tour event to a top class competition. He owes the Irish Open nothing.


  • #19
    Beechwoodspark
    Registered Users Posts: 15,281 ✭✭✭✭Beechwoodspark


    Funny thing about Rory

    From the first time I saw him I knew he was a complete and utter gowl

    I just knew


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