Tiger fades as Ishikawa and McIlroy shine
May 3rd, 2010 by Doogs
On Friday Tiger Woods missed the sixth cut of his career in only his second tournament back from his extended self imposed break. His swing has major problems and he is unable to keep the ball straight even on the practice tee. This was big enough news on its own, however if Tigers star is starting to fade there are two rising stars of professional golf that staked their claims as the next big thing with supernova like wins.
In Japan, 18 year old rising star Ryo Ishikawa carded the lowest score ever on a professional major tour to win the Crowns Tournament by 5 shots. Ishikawa was trailing Maruyama by six shots into the final round before shooting a 58. He birdied nine of his first 11 holes, had three in a row on the back nine, and missed a 15-footer on the 18th for a 57.
Hours later on the other side of the globe, 20 year old Rory McIlroy blew away the field with a course record final round 62 at the US PGA Tour’s Quail Hollow Championship in North Carolina to win by 4 shots.
PGA Tour watchers have been predicting big things for both Ishikawa and McIlroy, as well as predicting Tigers demise, it turned out to be a huge weekend of professional golf with signs that these predictions may be coming to light soon!
