Ryder Cup Should Be Fun: Rory On Phil & Rickie High-Fiving
The Feherty airing next Monday should be a keeper judging by this early snippet of Rory McIlroy telling David Feherty he wasn't too enamored with Phil Mickelson and Rickie Fowler rooting each other on at the 2014 PGA Championship.
"I was on a mission. I was chasing down Phil and Rickie, who were playing in front of us," McIlroy told the host. "They both got on a run. And I saw on the front nine they started to fist bump each other and high five each other. And that sort of annoyed me… You're both trying to win a major championship...I know I would never do it in a major. If someone started to play well, I’m trying to beat you. I’m not going to start fist bumping and high fiving you. I want to beat you."
Anyone up for a Phil/Rickie vs Rory/Anyone match?
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Tuesday, June 14, 2016 at 10:20 AM 31 Comments | in 2014 PGA , 2016 Ryder Cup, Phil Mickelson, Rory McIIroy 
Reader Comments (31)
How accurate is this statement? How many times did this happen? You see this all the time on Tour especially early in a round if one guy hits a great shot or holes out or something.
This looks like something Jordan (Michael that is) used to do where he would almost invent some reason to hate his opponents just to feed his own drive to win.
He's on pretty thin ice bitching about that given what he and the PGA did to those guys on the 72nd hole.
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Likely the RC rosters will be filled with guys that like each out and play practice rounds together throughout the entire season. I don't have a problem with that because they will all turn it on when It matters. I really believe that the US is tired of getting beat in these things.
They've been tired for a while now Jon. If they keep using Captain's picks on guys like Mickelson, Furyk, Simpson, Mahan, Stricker, etc., it's not going to matter. News Flash: The rest of the world can play.
If ever there was a tournament that showed that a slow pace of play doesn't get you the prize, that was it.
Fist-bumping your opponent in the last round of a major? I hope Fowler learns something from McIlroy here.
WTF are you talking about Clacker? They teed off and had every right to finish, regardless of what McIlroy wanted to do. He was waved up as a courtesy and is smart enough to realize that and then wait for them to finish the hole before playing his second, but instead he acted like a bull in a china shop and played up. Too dark to play the approach shot? Tough noogies, wait till tomorrow. PGA Tour officials would have never let him get away with what he did. He intimidated the PGA official who was used to making rulings against fellow club professionals, not one of the best players in the world. They prove that just about every year in this event. Ask DJ.
It's that rationale that has you struggling to break 90 and get your 4-iron airborne while Rory won the major championship. Good thing he didn't have you on the bag.
Plus, McIlroy didn't hit into any one. Fowler and Mickelson were asked if they could play their tee shots as they walked off of the first tee - Mickelson was still striding down a dip on the right side of the fairway in a rush to get to his 2nd shot as McIlroy's ball went over his head and stopped short of the water.
The McIlroy watched Phil and Fowler play up, and at that point, the PGA stopped Phil putting out - it was at that point that Bones lost his head and started finger-pointing.
Hitting in the back of the group ahead? Bullcrap, dude never made it to the green and never hit a shot without an official green lighting it.
If that does not fit your agenda, tough noogies. McIlroy would have iced those two the next day anyway. He put them out of their misery.
Huh? A ball goes OVER MY HEAD and I'm not hit into?? Not following that..
It's pretty rudimentary that if having gotten permission you don't tee off with the group ahead beside you on the tee box or well off the green on a par 3 you wait until you are certain they are clear.
HOWEVER, lets not be revisionist about this
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''Huh? A ball goes OVER MY HEAD and I'm not hit into?? Not following that..
It's pretty rudimentary that if having gotten permission you don't tee off with the group ahead beside you on the tee box or well off the green on a par 3 you wait until you are certain they are clear.''
As Wiesberger and McIlroy stepped onto the 18th tee, Mickelson and Fowler were walking off of it, having been held up by the group in front. Fowler and Mickelson were asked, by the PGA officials, if Wiesberger and McIlroy could tee off. They got the 'thumbs up' from Phil. As you walk down from the 18th tee, there is a dip where the players go out of sight from the tee - go on the Valhalla web course tourm it's clearly visible. When they were out of sight, McIlroy and Wiesberger tee'd off, over the top of Mickelson and Fowler. It was not hitting into Mickelson and Fowler, unless you expected McIlroy to thin a 100 yard wedge down the hill.
As it was, McIlory was two up standing on the 18th tee, Ricky was shot, having choked like a freakin dog when McIlory came after them. Phil knew he needed eagle but hit a poor 2nd in, made birdie on what was a pretty weak par 5 for these guys.
In the cold light of day, McIlory was coming off of two straight wins and was number one in the world at that time. There was only ever gonna be one winner.
And if Rory was such a lock and his win inevitable, why all the hurry anyway?
They were not playing your $5 Saturday roll-up.
''And if Rory was such a lock and his win inevitable, why all the hurry anyway?''
Ask the PGA.
But the second shot into the green was the one that ticked off Phil and Bones. That was totally unprecedented. Faldo was going off about it on TV. Rory was certainly within his rights to stop and wait until the AM, but hitting up into that group was not within the norm. He did get the PGA officials ok,though, I'm not saying he broke any rules, but it was just irregular and odd.
And yes, making bogey for Rory from the rough seems like it was unlikely at any time - but the AM was supposed to be rainy. What it there was a 25 mph wind back into his face with a rainstorm going on ? You risk that or you are hitting it into the dark up by the green.