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Rory McIlroy Has Crucial Advice for Amateur Golfers: ‘Effective Golf Sometimes Can Be Pretty Boring, or in People’s Minds, It Can Be Pretty Boring’

Published 01/23/2022, 7:06 AM EST

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Rory McIlroy is probably one of the best ball strikers in the golfing world. He can hit the golf ball miles off down the fairway. McIlroy is a magician on the golf course and can possibly manufacture a shot from anywhere in the golf course. He is a four-time major championship winner and a former world number one.

Rory in a recent video on ‘Me and My Golf’ spoke about the common mistakes amateurs make.

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Rory McIlroy on mistakes made by amateurs

McIlroy is a famous name in the world of golf. The Northern Irishmen has 20 PGA Tour wins under his cap and 14 DP World Tour wins. Rory is a magician around the greens and can make up and down from probably any sort of lie. He has all types of shorts in his bag and as a result, is probably one of the best golf professionals of all time.

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In a recent video on the golf instruction website, ‘Me and My Golf ‘ Rory spoke about the most common mistakes that amateurs make. He said, “I think effective golf sometimes can be pretty boring, or in people’s minds, it can be pretty boring,”. “Playing the shot that you know you can play, or that you can pull off at least eight times out of 10. I think I see, I see amateurs so much trying to play outside of their comfort zone and trying to take on shots that they think they should hit instead of keeping the ball in play, you know, managing their games a little better and that will produce lower scores.

He added, “And yeah, sometimes it’s fun to take on shots that you might be able to pull off, but I think it’s even more fun to just shoot better scores. You know, I think that it’s a — there’s so many other parts of the game that you can do really well at. And yeah, just managing your game a little better.”

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Bazif Qadri

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Bazif Qadri is a Golf writer at EssentiallySports. Currently pursuing BSC Economics Hons, Bazif is a golf enthusiast. Not only a fan, but he is also an avid golfer himself.
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