Why Rory McIlroy is much more popular than Scottie Scheffler as Arnold Palmer comparison is made
Photo by Hector Vivas/Getty Images Rich Beem has compared Rory McIlroy with Arnold Palmer following his latest Masters victory, while he has explained a key difference between the Northern Irishman and Scottie Scheffler. McIlroy has proven all of those who felt that his first Masters win would remove the shackles right. The 36-year-old became only the fourth player ever to win at Augusta National in successive years.
Obviously, McIlroy did not make it easy on himself at times over the past week. He became the first player to ever open up a six-shot lead at the halfway stage, but went into the final round tied at the top with Cameron Young. It also seemed that he was set to play himself out of the tournament after playing the fourth, fifth, and sixth hole in three over par on Sunday.
However, McIlroy was able to steady the ship. Rory McIlroy compared with Arnold Palmer after his Masters victory The final leaderboard shows that he won by just one shot. But in truth, McIlroy was relatively comfortable over the last hour, particularly in comparison with 12 months ago when he seemed absolutely desperate to throw it away.
No male player in the modern game, other than Tiger Woods , now has more majors than Rory McIlroy . Meanwhile, there are just 11 names ahead of the world number two on the all-time list. Photo by Ben Jared/PGA TOUR via Getty Images And speaking on the Sky Sports Golf Podcast , Rich Beem predicted that McIlroy will achieve even more in the years to come.
“He’s going to be up there. I think he’s going to make more history. As of right now, I think he is in history as one of the all-time greats.