- Golfer Pro 35 years Rory McILroy became the sixth player to end a big career in a career after winning the Masters tournament on Sunday for the first time. During a press conference in 2022, McILroy thought about his success until that time and gave some timeless advice to a Golfeur de Gen Z colleague who goes far beyond the world of sports.
Rory McILroy won the Masters for the first time on Sunday, cementing his name in the history of golf and brought him a salary of $ 4.2 million, but his advice to reach the summit have more to do with life than sport.
McILroy, 35, won his first masters on Sunday since his appearance in 2007, and after a nervous epulnide Sudden death victoryHe is only the sixth procedural golfer to have finished a big career in a career by winning the four major golf championships: the Masters tournament, the PGA championship, the US Open and the open championship. Among the other five winners are golf legends like Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus. Thanks to his success in golf, McILroy won more than $ 100 million at a price during his career and would have a net value of around $ 200 million.
During a press conference following the CJ of the CJ 2022 in South Carolina, McILroy was asked a surprise question by a pro and which comes from 20 years Tom Kim on the management of his success.
“What is it to be so successful as a young player? Going out and many years on tour, how do you manage all this,” Kim asked McILroy.
Laughing, McILroy gave his colleague from the Z generation Z of professional golfer advice which does not only apply to world renown athletes, but also to career professionals who seek to reach the top of their game.
“I think the greatest thing I have done is to manage your time,” said McILroy. “You will be attracted to so many different directions. You have one, two, three, four, I can see five sponsors on you at this stage, right?
“So, it’s just to try to manage your time to realize what brought you to this position, right? Why are you a double winner of PGA Tour, why are you such a big player? And that’s the time you put it and that’s the practice, that doesn’t lose that.”
In the end, McILroy said that juggling his responsibilities to stay at the top, even if he said it was more difficult to maintain the crown than winning it.
“I have almost found it easier to arrive in n ° 1 in the world than to stay there.
McILroy is currently the second best Player in the world behind the winner of the masters of last year, Scottie Scheffler, according to the PGA Tour. In 2022, McILroy finished second behind Scheffler in the Masters, losing three strokes.
McILroy lacked masters’ victory more than once and faced several setbacks – even this year, he suffered a light elbow injury just before the masters and marked a disastrous double-bogy On the first hole, but he made the story with the victory of Sunday.
Speaking at the post-tournoi press conference, McILroy said that for years he had brought the burden to try to join the ranks of the pros who ended a big career, and along the way, many of his peers win the masters and win the green jacket estimated before him. However, McILroy said he had never been shaken.
“It’s been 14 long years, but fortunately, I did the job,” he said.
This story was initially presented on Fortune.com
