Rory McIlroy told he’s lacking something Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus had which will stop him ‘going on a tear’ in major championships

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Many people expect Rory McIlroy’s incredible victory at The Masters to start a run of several major championship victories in the foreseeable future.

The 35-year-old was under so much pressure to win at Augusta National and complete the career grand slam that it should, in theory, free him up now that he’s done it.

With the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow, where he has won four times previously, up next in two weeks, there’s even been talk of him achieving the calendar grand slam.

One expert has effectively rubbished those claims by saying that McIlroy is not on the level of Tiger Woods or Jack Nicklaus.

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Michael Bamberger doesn’t expect Rory McIlroy to win lots more majors

Golf writer Michael Bamberger was asked recently about his expectations for McIlroy going forward after winning the Green Jacket last month.

He disagrees with the popular narrative that he will go “on a tear” and win lots more because he’s not “demonstrably better” than his competitors, like Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus, and Ben Hogan were.

“Well, let’s see him get to six,” Bamberger explained. “It’s going to be so hard to get to six. No, I don’t think this opens up anything.

“I think he got very lucky to win that tournament. He knows he got lucky. You can’t really make doubles on 1 and 13 and expect to win.

“When you’re talking about going a tear, you’re talking about being Jack in his prime, Hogan in his prime, Tiger in his prime, where you’re way better than the field. You are demonstrably better than the field.

“He’s not demonstrably better than the field, so I don’t really see how or why anything should change, except for the very significant fact that he’s an outstanding, world-class golfer, one of the best we’ve ever seen.”

Calendar Grand Slam talk for Rory McIlroy is premature

Whether you think McIlroy will or won’t win plenty more majors in his career, talk of the calendar grand slam seems premature.

Of course, he’s already one quarter of the way there, and he’s clearly the best golfer on the planet at the moment.

However, there’s a reason nobody has ever done it before. It’s virtually impossible to beat around 100 world-class golfers four consecutive times.

While he’s justifiably favored to win the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow, his chances of adding the other two on top of that are slim to none. But nobody can argue that it wouldn’t be great to see him do it.