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Just heard Roar described by Jon Snow as "Britain's Rory McIlroy" on Ch 4 News.
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Maybe we should just wait and see if he wins , then we can claim him back as Irish . Thats what they do all the time , in reverse of course .
Media everywhere are close to being not what we want , will do anything for a story . This week in particular proves that in spades .
Media everywhere are close to being not what we want , will do anything for a story . This week in particular proves that in spades .
RORY McILROY is one of the most recognisable and popular sportsmen on this island but his declaration of intent to represent Britain in the 2016 Olympics, should golf be accepted at next week’s vote of the IOC, is likely to lose him friends on the southern side of the border. “I’d probably play for Great Britain,” he says. “I have a British passport. It’s a bit of an awkward question. It would be huge play in an Olympics and I’d love to get an Olympic medal one day.”
Read more: http://www.breakingnews.ie/sport/?c=golf&e=examiner&jp=kfaucwcwkfid#ixzz1SAb...
Read more: http://www.breakingnews.ie/sport/?c=golf&e=examiner&jp=kfaucwcwkfid#ixzz1SAb...
I'm shoor Roary will be gutted at losing some 'friends' from south of the border ( down Mexico way ?)
....poor torchered soal.
....poor torchered soal.
IM FROM NORTH AND PROUD IRISH FIRST BUT BRITISH SO YOU THINK A MILLIONAIRE LIKE RORY GIVES A FECK WHAT ALL US BRIT/PADDYS THINK OF HIM [smiley:crazy] IM ON DARREN @ 250 AND 17 TOP IRISH MAN SO ILL NOT BE shouting FOR RORY THIS WEEKEND PS WOULDNT BE SOMETHING IF GMAC RORY AN DARREN WERE 3 MAJOR WINNERS FOR THE WHOLE OF IRELAND [:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D]
Too many flag wavers on this island .
GUI do a great job , but the spin off from Rory and our other golfers has paid them back handsomely . Anyway to my certain knowledge a particular well known and respected golfing company looked after Rory in a golfing sense when he was an amateur . Coincidentally that raises another feel good story working its way representatively through the fairways at Sandwich at the moment .
Golf thankfully has never been encumbered overly with flag wavers and the need for national flags to be produced post Ryder cup success for instance does nothing for me , I find that mildly embarassing , similar to our jockeys being garlanded with a flag when the horse they have just won on is half owned by non nationals and may have been bred in New Zealand or Australia or somewhere other than Ireland .
If and when Olympic representation becomes an issue it will be handled sensibly by the appropriate body ( GUI presumably ) . Leave it out until then please , and let us support our lads this weekend , they are both playing well and hopefully can bring home a slice of the bacon .
GUI do a great job , but the spin off from Rory and our other golfers has paid them back handsomely . Anyway to my certain knowledge a particular well known and respected golfing company looked after Rory in a golfing sense when he was an amateur . Coincidentally that raises another feel good story working its way representatively through the fairways at Sandwich at the moment .
Golf thankfully has never been encumbered overly with flag wavers and the need for national flags to be produced post Ryder cup success for instance does nothing for me , I find that mildly embarassing , similar to our jockeys being garlanded with a flag when the horse they have just won on is half owned by non nationals and may have been bred in New Zealand or Australia or somewhere other than Ireland .
If and when Olympic representation becomes an issue it will be handled sensibly by the appropriate body ( GUI presumably ) . Leave it out until then please , and let us support our lads this weekend , they are both playing well and hopefully can bring home a slice of the bacon .
The island loves you Roary.
PS Great interview with Darren Calrke another Irishman yesterday. Stuck it into Stephen Watson nicely.
PS Great interview with Darren Calrke another Irishman yesterday. Stuck it into Stephen Watson nicely.
They can keep him...Bogey, bogey and he's only played 3 
he wouldnt take the tri colour when it was handed to him when he won us open because he didnt want to offend either side but he has no problem having a union jack putter headcover,says it all.
Sorry missed it did he really have a union jack cover? Suprised at that if he did cos he seemed to go out of his way to stay neutral and keep politics out of it.
A genuinely decent/honest guy I know told me yesterday that he saw him play a pro-am at Adare Manor.
When 2 young kids went over to him looking for an autograph, he waved them away with contempt. In a pro-am!? Whatever about concentration during a tour event, that is really poor form.
He didn`t like Fowler putting it up to him the last 3 days. The next Tiger my ar se!
When 2 young kids went over to him looking for an autograph, he waved them away with contempt. In a pro-am!? Whatever about concentration during a tour event, that is really poor form.
He didn`t like Fowler putting it up to him the last 3 days. The next Tiger my ar se!
Darren said that it was great that Watson noticed that there were 3 NI players in the event now.
Fair play to Allis when he said a great day for British golf but more so for Irish golf, both sides of the border
N Ir the Mecca of the golfing world ....3 of the last 5 majors !!
i'll let you in on a secret kelly ..norns really from ballyfermot.....
WORKRIDER AS THEY SAY IN THE COMMITMENTS FILM IM black AND PROUDGET YURSELF UP HERE ILL TAKE YU ROUND ROYAL COUNTY DOWN 20£ WITH MEMBER WE PLAYN THER NEXT WEEK IF I HAVE ENOUGH BALLS[:x]
GET YURSELF UP HERE ILL TAKE YU ROUND ROYAL COUNTY DOWN 20£ WITH MEMBER WE PLAYN THER NEXT WEEK IF I HAVE ENOUGH BALLS[:x]
NOT SURE MY IS AT PGA IN CARLOW BACK THIS WEEK ILL RING YU BUT ILL GET YOU GAME ANY TIME
NOT SURE MY IS AT PGA IN CARLOW BACK THIS WEEK ILL RING YU BUT ILL GET YOU GAME ANY TIME
i'm playing kilerig in carlow on fri ...you heading there...?
Rory McIlroy has again split with his long-time girlfriend Holly Sweeney and has embarked on a relationship with world tennis No 1 Caroline Wozniacki.
A statement released by the Holywood, Co Down, star's management company, International Sports Management, last night confirmed the end of the young golf star's relationship with his former childhood sweetheart.
It said: "The long-term relationship came to an amicable end just before the Open," in reference to last week's British Open.
Sources close to McIlroy confirmed to the Irish Independent last night that McIlroy has formed a close friendship with the 21-year-old Danish tennis star. The young golfer, who is widely tipped to be the next Tiger Woods, made two visits to Wimbledon to watch tennis following his US Open triumph four weeks ago.
However, he is believed to have met Wozniacki at the World Heavyweight title fight between David Haye and Wladimir Klitschko in Hamburg on July 2.
McIlroy has previously admitted that he made a mistake when he broke off his relationship with his childhood sweetheart at the start of the season to concentrate on his golf.
She was pictured at his side during homecoming celebrations following his triumphant win at the US Open this summer and has been the subject of much media coverage since his astonishing victory.
"I realised pretty quickly that I had made a mistake, and I had to do a lot of begging and grovelling to get her back," he said at the time. "She is fantastic."
The pair had been going steady since they were teenagers and she was also a shoulder to cry on at Augusta National in April, when Mr McIlroy's management team flew her out for the final day of the Masters. "She takes my mind off golf . . . and having her there made Sunday night a lot easier, having someone there you really know," he said in the aftermath of his traumatic loss in Augusta.
The couple lived together with their two dogs at McIlroy's €2.2m, 13-acre hideaway outside Belfast.
But speculation about his relationship with the young tennis star, labelled "a county club couple made in heaven" in one blog site, has been rife since the pair were spotted having an intimate dinner together at a London restaurant earlier this month.
Tongues were also set wagging by their followers on their mutual Twitter sites with a flirty exchange of tweets, including a cheeky birthday greeting Mr McIlroy sent the tennis player on her 21st birthday last Monday in which he tweeted: "You're getting old," to which she replied, "At least now you will be able to buy me a drink in the US" and "Not only in Hamburg," a few hours later.
A statement released by the Holywood, Co Down, star's management company, International Sports Management, last night confirmed the end of the young golf star's relationship with his former childhood sweetheart.
It said: "The long-term relationship came to an amicable end just before the Open," in reference to last week's British Open.
Sources close to McIlroy confirmed to the Irish Independent last night that McIlroy has formed a close friendship with the 21-year-old Danish tennis star. The young golfer, who is widely tipped to be the next Tiger Woods, made two visits to Wimbledon to watch tennis following his US Open triumph four weeks ago.
However, he is believed to have met Wozniacki at the World Heavyweight title fight between David Haye and Wladimir Klitschko in Hamburg on July 2.
McIlroy has previously admitted that he made a mistake when he broke off his relationship with his childhood sweetheart at the start of the season to concentrate on his golf.
She was pictured at his side during homecoming celebrations following his triumphant win at the US Open this summer and has been the subject of much media coverage since his astonishing victory.
"I realised pretty quickly that I had made a mistake, and I had to do a lot of begging and grovelling to get her back," he said at the time. "She is fantastic."
The pair had been going steady since they were teenagers and she was also a shoulder to cry on at Augusta National in April, when Mr McIlroy's management team flew her out for the final day of the Masters. "She takes my mind off golf . . . and having her there made Sunday night a lot easier, having someone there you really know," he said in the aftermath of his traumatic loss in Augusta.
The couple lived together with their two dogs at McIlroy's €2.2m, 13-acre hideaway outside Belfast.
But speculation about his relationship with the young tennis star, labelled "a county club couple made in heaven" in one blog site, has been rife since the pair were spotted having an intimate dinner together at a London restaurant earlier this month.
Tongues were also set wagging by their followers on their mutual Twitter sites with a flirty exchange of tweets, including a cheeky birthday greeting Mr McIlroy sent the tennis player on her 21st birthday last Monday in which he tweeted: "You're getting old," to which she replied, "At least now you will be able to buy me a drink in the US" and "Not only in Hamburg," a few hours later.
His ex is far hotter than Woz! She`d ride anything that one. [:x]
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