Moving on from Wozzilroy

Fish and chips, pints of Guinness, and the BMW PGA.  That’s all I needed from a Galway pub two Sundays ago.  Earlier, I stopped from placing a wager on Rory McIlroy to come from seven back to win the tournament.  Nothing against Thomas Bjorn, Shane Lowry, and Luke Donald.  I just thought I’d get good odds on young Rory.  I could think of a lot worse ways to drop 20 euro.

I should’ve made the bet.

I chuckled when I saw McIlroy charge up the leaderboard and win the tournament.  Who knew a gut feeling and an odd bet would come through?  I laughed at the post-round comments from my fellow bar patrons.  In typical honest, Irish fashion, here’s the very first comment from my neighbor:

That girl f***** him up for a year and a half.  Complete waste of time!

Can’t say I disagree with him.  Which made me wonder about the initial shock from McIlroy’s announcement before the BMW PGA.  Why were we really surprised this didn’t last?

From a few months in, Wozzilroy posted an awfully lot of intimate pics on social media.  We were introduced to the naming of the couple, Wozzilroy, by the couple itself.  On a Vokey wedge.  About two or three months into the relationship.  We saw these two travel the world to see each other.  And after that became a trend, we watched their world number one rankings fall faster than Wile E. Coyote from a cliff.  Not surprising for a 25 and 23 year old.

Meanwhile, McIlroy’s fellow countryman, Graeme McDowell uses social media a little differently.  Lots of posts, generally related to golf courses, golf travel, Cleveland golf, and his Nona Blue restaurant.  A lot of golf and some business. Occasionally, we’ll see McDowell and his lovely wife.  But not often.

Maybe the young Wozzilroys should’ve kept a little more distance between them and the spotlight.  Young love played a part in a lot of those decisions, I’m sure.  Just as important, maybe these two kids need a significant other to ground them, to help them focus on their games.  It’s quite the task when both are at the top of their professions, which involve significant travel.

My other interest in this story is the growth from the BMW PGA until now.  Since two Sundays ago, we saw Wozniacki’s first round out in the French, Rory’s 63 at Memorial, Wozniacki’s wicked witch avatar on twitter, followed by a second round 78 from McIlroy.  All of a sudden a few golf outlets started covering Wozniacki’s weekend fun in Miami.

Why do we care?  He’s 25, she’s 23.  They should be out enjoying themselves.  Maybe, just maybe, they might find a partner that’s better suited for them.  Shocker, I know.

These two kids are moving on.  So should we.  Can we do that already?