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Multiple reflections in mirror will cast their eyes on Rory McIlroy when he returns to familiar places next week, his face being rendered too often for him to be taken into account – but which one will most accurately represent his true resemblance?
First, as he pbades through his home in Holywood and his local journey, the ever-present face of this two-year-old who first bombed a 40-yard ride; from there to Portrush, where, on the rescue station building, a young north, Banksy, cleverly drew the image of a 12-year-old child in full flight.
From here, one can see in the distance the cliffs of Fairhead, following which his image was carved as on Mount Rushmore, then the club itself, with its striking representation of the flared teenager and at the head of broom that burned around the Dunluce Links with a 61 like 16 year old.
A face for each phase. But there is another view; Some say the most revealing, but not always. Because if he looks in a mirror his own reflection in 2019, can McIlroy find there the truest representation? Or is his best rendering in one of the many pictures looking at him?
This month may reveal everything, and it would look good if he did it on the familiar family ground where, with so much determination, he presented himself for the first time as the nascent whirlwind that would amaze the sporting world far beyond these sandy shores.
And yet, despite all the certainty that has been attached to him throughout his remarkable career, doubts have followed, if only because, in sport, this is what happens when expectations grow. call excessive requirements.
His own expectations are more demanding than many critics, despite the seemingly bloody public image of this boy become a mature man, happy in love and so eager to project a prospect of his so-called pursuit that involves "hitting a ball a little bit" around a field sometimes ".
Another year without completing his career, the Grand Slam does not harbad him as much as the rift that has raged since his last victory in Slam.
Since they've won the second of two successive Majors in 2014 (the US PGA at Valhalla as a result of the success of the Hoylake Open), 16 contemporaries have claimed Slam; some of them, like Jordan Spieth (3) and Brooks Koepka (4), several times.
Since Valhalla, valleys are as common as peaks – it can be argued that McIlroy is as powerful a force today as in the past, except that its potential dominance has been challenged by so many others and that his own weaknesses have undermined him on crucial occasions.
The correlation between these two factors could remain a mystery.
His career is now based on a myopia primed for major challenges – hence the affinity of the schedule for his non-appearance in Lahinch – but a constant change in approach has not changed the blank canvas since 2014.
From swing changes to mind movements, subtle changes in the application of techniques to caddy switches, McIlroy's recent career has been a study in an incessant quest to forge a new identity or revitalize an old one. .
The instinct, and especially that of a player who has always thrived on this concept, may make one wonder if he has looked in all the wrong places.
Persistently, pushed by those outside to take a different approach, McIlroy sometimes seemed stubbornly opposed to changing his behavior.
From loyalty to a cadet before sacrificing this professional relationship in order to maintain a personal friendship, through equipment changes, an extremely inconsistent nature has caught on and yet it remains a beacon.
Remove Augusta's discouraging denouement, a tournament in which all the intricacies of McIlroy's Slam quest had been unveiled, and the missed cup at Memorial, and his criteria remain as exalted as ever.
Now third in the world, he has been in the top 10 every time he played this season.
Apart from that, a second and two victories, both of which were dominant successes in which he commanded himself supremely, recalled, if necessary, his gifts.
Not bad for a player who, some could charge, had gone astray; the 20 or so years banished in history; a game now in free fall spiral.
The statistics of the modern nerd – the strokes won – are favorable to him like no other, but a deeper sounding reveals the scars that the observers of Rory had known during Slam's recent inclinations.
Although leading in the shots won from the start and second in driving, his precision leaves him stuck in a sad 134th.
The numbers for approach shots and shots are equally modest.
From 50-125 yards, Rory is 163st on the turn, hitting at a distance of approximately 21 feet; In comparison, Koepka is seventh (16 feet).
Only one player did more than McIlroy's 14 putts on 21 feet, but again, he did it only once in four. It's easy to see which player makes life easier. Excessive confidence in the metrics is always reckless, but there is also an undeniable feeling in the numbers, a revelation that he has a "streaky" meaning for him now; on fire, it is unstoppable, fires the flames, vulnerable.
We also revealed here, but by his words, the feeling that he always plays his best when he is completely free, that is to say the two victories in the tournament or on the weekends more than casual where, dazzled, he was dazzled.
This freedom is often absent the first two days of the tournament, causing it to sink into the adage of the fact that it is quite unable to win an event before the cup is made, but most likely able to loose it.
Among the changes he has made, including Dr. Clayton Skaggs, his psychological trainer, one has been tinkering with his momentum, trying to eliminate his tendency to over-compensate when he trains right-wing shots at left or left to right. -right.
He modified his posture to increase the inclination of the hip but also to improve his back swing. the evidence suggests that this remains a work in progress.
Criticized for not having changed cadets, JP Fitzgerald, then criticized for having changed, he remains attached to what Harry Diamond remains on his bag.
And in discussing the issue last week, he may have come across the most obvious truth. "Caddies do not make blows."
Neither golf experts nor scribes; Again, if they can be accused of having thought too hard about what McIlroy needs to do to end their major drought, it's not impossible to believe that the player would do too.
The boy can play; the man must allow it.
If the current form is a guide, the story, instead of weighing it down, could inspire it over the next fifteen days.
Six of the last nine winners of the Open competed in this week's Scottish Open and this was the path taken by McIlroy in 2014 when he won the Claret Jug in Merseyside.
This success unveiled a familiar theme of his major wins, the quick start, when he opened with a 66.
As the 65 registered in the first round of the 2011 US Open en route to a rout; the 67 at the PGA Championship a year later; a 66 at the Open 2014; the same score in this year's PGA.
Which McIlroy will we see next week? More importantly, which one will he see?
A confident reflection when he looks in the mirror can see him win; bookmakers place it as a favorite, emphasizing its form and status.
Otherwise, as one of the many images that surround it, one that was drawn on the sand of Downhill Strand, another major opportunity could be swept away.
Belfast Telegraph
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