Rory is all smiles in the Media Center after winning his second straight Major Championship.
The proclaimed motto of the 96th PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club was “This is Major.” It use to be “Glory’s Last Shot.” At this point in his life, Rory McIlroy is rewriting golf’s history like Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods did before him. Rory roared to his fourth Major in the PGA Championship as he won his third event in a row after winning the British Open, his third major, only three weeks ago and a World Golf Championship, a pseudo Major like THE PLAYERS Championship, last week at Firestone CC. His goal now is to become Europe’s best all-time golfer surpassing Seve Ballesteros and his five majors and Nick Faldo and his six majors. Rory is Major and this is his first shot at Glory in golf!
With host Andrew Catalon and analyst Billy Ray Brown at the 2014 PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club.
I had an awesome week at the PGA at Valhalla assisting host Andrew Catalon and analyst Billy Ray Brown for DIRECTV’s par-3 coverage. It is a lot of fun to do so and being around such talented people on the golf course and in the broadcast booth. I do what ever is needed to help them make the broadcast the best possible from getting them a bottle of water to pretend I am at home watching and providing supplement information that they may or may not use on the air. Either way it is a blast. a bonus this weekend was that the last par-3 was the 14th and the TV compound was located near the 15th green so I could follow the leaders in as they finished their rounds. On Saturday Jason Day had a putt to take the lead on the 14th and finished three strokes behind Rory. On Sunday, well, you know what happened! Rory eagles the 10th and passes three golfers- Henrik Stenson, Rickie Fowler and Phil Mickelson to embrace the Wannamaker Trophy on the 18th green.
More experiences and more pictures to come from an exciting week in Louisville, Kentucky!
