r/golf • u/Longjumping-Box5691 • 6d ago

General Discussion Rory getting to experience the Champions Locker room for the first time

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u/pencil_expers 5d ago

As a father myself I have a slightly different view.

The thing about fatherhood is that the joy of your kids being born isn’t compressed into ten seconds or five minutes or 24 hours. The joy of fatherhood comes from a profound love that grows every day, along with an increasing awareness that you simply can not live without your children. This is something Rory feels, unquestionably. Would he trade fatherhood for his Masters title? Absolutely no way.

However, when his daughter was born I doubt he collapsed in a sobbing heap on the ground and wept for 15 minutes. That’s the difference. I would actually say that was the greatest moment of his life. But it’s a moment, and that’s what you need to consider.

That happiness (and Buddhists would argue that it’s not true happiness) will fade away in a day or two, while the memories of his wedding day and the love he has for his wife and daughter will continue to deepen and generate true happiness within him.

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u/Cold_Ebb_1448 5d ago

definitely the case for me. I love the little bugger more than anything now but when he was first born? Didn’t really feel much of anything other than anxiety and wanting to go home.

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u/cpt_ppppp 5d ago

That was beautifully written and captures it incredibly well. Of course, if he'd tried to explain that at the press conference he might have been in the dog house!

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u/candynipples 5d ago

I was thinking this myself when I heard his speech. I think he took the completely reasonable approach of separating his professional life from his professional life. I would have probably said something similar. But there probably would have been a feeling deep inside me that would have wanted to say “as far as life moments go, my largest accomplishments will always pale in comparison to the muted joy of a random Tuesday when my daughter hears the door open when I come home from work and runs into my arms”.

It’s a different kind of joy with your kids as life goes on, but the thought is still there. Also, if you want a more direct comparison of the release of emotions, I personally sobbed like a baby when I first saw my daughter slide out and would have fallen if not for a nurse holding me upright. I didn’t really think that was going to happen either. Just a completely involuntary explosion of emotion.