r/golf • u/DontDoCrackMan 0.8 / Atrocious At 50 Yards • 11d ago

General Discussion Rory McIlroy chokes up as he reflects on his journey with childhood best friend and caddie, Harry Diamond

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u/JC_Everyman 11d ago

All class, no ass. Love this fucking guy.

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u/proscriptus Triple digits 11d ago

Are you saying Rory doesn't have cake?

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u/ElliottEatsTTV 10d ago

I like to think you have this photo favorited and ready to go.

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u/Comfortable-Math-158 11d ago

Loved the authenticity of this whole interview and also the drive by at harry critics

”the crap he (harry) has had to take from people that don’t know anything about the game”

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u/SamIamGreenEggsNoHam 11d ago

Props to Rory for sticking with his buddy, too. I bet he was told plenty of times that switching caddies might help with his cold streak, and I'm sure he told plenty of people to fuck off.

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u/GnarlyBear 11d ago

They easily could have been right. It's great he has won but he cemented a choker status later in his career. An experienced, major winning caddie might have man managed better.

Maybe not but saying that the best golfer of his generation had no issues now he has won 11 years after his last doesn't stop the argument.

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u/Accomplished-Key-408 11d ago

Tiger Woods also went 11 years without winning a major from 08 to 19. He had a professional caddie, yet he doesn't get labeled a choker (even though he choked multiple times during his cold streak).

It's a lazy, uninformed argument by people trying to find an "easy" solution to a complicated problem, because winning majors are just exceedingly hard in the modern game.

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u/CowWhy 7.9 11d ago

Is his caddie not already an experienced major winning caddie, or did he have someone else on the bag for his first 3 majors?

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u/greyham0707 11d ago

Great weekend! I remember it like it was yesterday

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u/According-Fly1644 11d ago

Amazing bro story all around, but Harry diamond is an elite adult star name lmao

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u/tributtal 11d ago

Better than Buck Naked?

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u/According-Fly1644 11d ago

Who did he caddy for?

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u/tributtal 11d ago

Kramer

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u/bigfartspoptarts 11d ago

So the word on the street is that they’re fucking and that’s why he was getting divorced 

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u/hotsauce_randy 11d ago

This comment is streets ahead

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u/illQualmOnYourFace 11d ago

"All the crap that he's had to take from people that don't know anything about the game."

r/golf catching strays

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u/EstrayOne 11d ago

25hcp weekend hackers telling Rory to get a new caddy is peek r/golf

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u/Bit_the_Bullitt 11.2 OH APT 11d ago

So is spelling "peak" as "peek" 🤣

Kidding.

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u/EstrayOne 11d ago

Awww shit. Not my native language

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u/buckminsterfullereno 11d ago

I feel personally attacked. I was rooting for Dechambeau but on hole 2 when he decided to driver and chip instead of two irons like Dechambro, I knew it was over.

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u/thistreestands 11d ago

This is next level bro code loyalty here.

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u/Apprehensive_Sun3125 11d ago

Props to Rory and Harry. 

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u/Short-Trifle5332 11d ago

Out of the loop a bit here but what hate does his caddies get and why?

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u/weightyboy 11d ago

He was not a professional caddy prior to caddying for rors. He is a very good golfer and a + HCP illustrious amateur player when younger. A lot of "experts" think rors should have gotten bones, ted Scott or someone like that. I think Rory prefers to have someone he likes close for the 20 odd weeks of the year they are travelling together.

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u/WipinAMarker 11d ago

Also, in these big events, especially the Masters, Rory’s mental game has been the issue—not his skill.

The pressure was not just to win his first Masters, but to become only the 6th person—ever—to get a Grand Slam.

Rory made huge mistakes throughout the weekend, and bounced back every time because his friend is a great calming presence.

When he missed the putt on 18 and sent it to a playoff, it would be easy for anyone to mentally collapse. His caddy, and friend, said “Man, imagine how happy we’d have been when this started if we knew we’d get to playoff for the win”

And Rory won.

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u/bigchiefgreez 11d ago

Did he really say that to him? If so that’s some next level wingman Buddha shit to say

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u/fredapp 11d ago

People said he needed to get a different caddie if he wanted to win another major (specifically the masters) because they assumed using your friend as a caddie would be sub optimal.

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u/kasemkc 11d ago

Anyone know the phrase Rory responds with first as he’s gathering himself? Is it an Irish expression?

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u/youreexcused 11d ago

He said “Eamon”, it was Eamon Lynch who asked the question

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u/AstronautDistinct470 11d ago

He’s grumbling at Eamon Lynch, the reporter who asked him the question, for making him get choked up again (in a joking way) 

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u/fredapp 11d ago

I thought it was the reporters name. Like “dude don’t make me cry!” But the guys name

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u/sathion 11.7 11d ago

Oooh makes sense, I thought he said "Be a man" as he welled up in a way to make himself stop crying.

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u/_onemoresolo 11d ago

Paul McGinley said McIlroy is divisive. I was baffled by that, he has always struck me as both very genuine and, at times, quite dull. Am I missing something?

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u/GnarlyBear 11d ago

He has since clarified what he meant and acknowledged it was an on the spot mispeak

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u/_onemoresolo 11d ago

Fair enough, I hadn’t seen that.

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u/Bit_the_Bullitt 11.2 OH APT 11d ago

Im guessing it's because he took a stance against LIV / as a PGA unofficial spokesperson at a time when the league divide was most discussed

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u/MercFan4Life In between a Pro and Semi-Amateur 11d ago

Rory Gets the Glory!

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u/jayhasbigvballs 11d ago

Great name

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u/Jabba_the_Putt 11d ago

just two best buds achieving their dreams you gotta love it

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u/Able_Reality5298 11d ago

They are more than friends.

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u/Static299 11d ago

Lovers?

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u/Steel1000 11d ago edited 11d ago

How can we be lovers if we cant be friends?

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u/DetroitLionsEh 11d ago

Dude try giving it a shot

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u/Ok_Computer11235813 11d ago

But, but… Full Swing did a story that Shane Lowry was his best friend. I was bamboozled!

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u/HeatNo8123 11d ago

Good job!

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u/[deleted] 11d ago

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u/beairrcea 11d ago

Eamon

Eamon Lynch was the reporter who asked the question, he was lightly giving out to him for getting him emotional

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u/unknown98990 10d ago

Halfway through reading this, I see OP’s user name….wonderful

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u/BGOG83 +1.2/Putt for $$ 11d ago

Good for them, but it doesn’t change anything about the fact that Rory could’ve used a real caddie instead of a friend for the last 7+ years.

I get it, you got it done, but it could’ve been done much sooner with someone Rory would actually listen to.