‘Simply the GOAT’: Golf World Reacts to Rory McIlroy Taking a Jab at Greg Norman

Rory McIlroy is a pro golfer from Northern Ireland and plays in both European as well as PGA Tours. The 33-year-old golfer is also a former World No. 1 and spent more than 100 weeks holding that position.

Besides his game on the course, McIlroy has also been on everyone’s mind because of his witty yet bold shots at the LIV Golf Invitational Series. Not just the series, but the golfer has been making diplomatic statements about the players who joined the Saudi-backed league as well.

McIlroy recently won his 21st PGA Tournament and called it a day to remember for a long time. Seemed like the golfer had some hidden motivation to secure this win, which in his case worked well. As McIlroy shot a 62 at 19-under and finished the tournament in style, he couldn’t help but point out who he had left behind on the PGA-Tour leaderboard by securing that win.

Post-game interview of Rory McIlroy

The golfer said in a post-game interview, “Playing with Tony and JT, and all of us playing the way we did, I think the worst round was 6 under, this is a day I will always remember. My 21st PGA Tour win, one more than somebody else, that gave me a little extra incentive today and I’m happy to get it done.”

It was not hard to understand that McIlroy was talking about the CEO of the ongoing LIV Golf Series, who himself has a record of 20 wins on the PGA Tour. It is also not surprising to see McIlroy making that statement as a lot has been going on between the two.

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However, after the video of the interview was posted on Twitter by the PGA Tour itself, it was not long before it started receiving all kinds of reactions from golf fans. Most of the reactions were in support and good wishes for the pro golfer, but the fans sure didn’t forget to mention Greg Norman in their sarcastic comments.

Here are some reactions to the interview:

What is the heat between McIlroy and Norman about?

According to McIlroy, the LIV Golf Tournament was nowhere good in comparison to the PGA Tour. Norman showed criticism of the comments made by McIlroy about the LIV Golf Tour and said that McIlroy was ‘brainwashed’ for protecting the PGA Tour.

Rory McIlroy had not won a major in the past few years. The last time he won a major was back in 2014 in the PGA Championship. It was him against Phil Mickelson, Rickie Fowler, and Henrik Stenson in the year, where he achieved his second victory consecutively.

However, McIlroy will definitely remember this PGA Tour win for a long time as he mentioned, and so will thousands of golf fans in the world. What do you think about this banter between the two golf legends? Comment below.

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