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Cool Rory Encounter at Zurich

Posted on 4/25/24 at 9:21 am
Posted by lovethetigers7
Member since Jul 2019
522 posts
Posted on 4/25/24 at 9:21 am
A buddy of mine's coworker brought his son to the Zurich pro-am yesterday. Little guy (5 year old) went up to Rory and asked him to check out his swing that he had on video. Rory kneeled down, watched the video all the way through, talked with him for a minute or two about his swing and couldn't be any more genuine. Ended it all with a fist bump and a smile... Really cool moment to see and no doubt something the kid will remember for the rest of his life
Posted by iwyLSUiwy
I'm your huckleberry
Member since Apr 2008
34488 posts
Posted on 4/25/24 at 12:01 pm to
That's pretty cool.

Tell the kid to swing with a rag in his right armpit and don't let it fall out during his swing Start em young.
Posted by Bawpaw
Member since May 2021
951 posts
Posted on 4/25/24 at 6:41 pm to
The fact that this has two downvotes tells me some people can’t help but be miserable.
Posted by BabyTac
Austin, TX
Member since Jun 2008
12285 posts
Posted on 4/26/24 at 9:05 am to
I think most athletes are all kind and take well to kids. It’s the 40 year old guy with a beer gut usually complaining about someone being an arse to them (and rightfully so).
Posted by Tvilletiger
PVB
Member since Oct 2015
5040 posts
Posted on 4/28/24 at 9:48 am to
Rory is a very nice guy and he has some great stories. Have been around him off the golf course a few times. He is pretty funny.
Posted by Puddenn32
In da LP
Member since Oct 2018
640 posts
Posted on 4/29/24 at 6:44 am to
This is pretty awesome. I volunteered over the weekend at the zurich. I was a sign bearer and walked Thursday with Austin Cook, Alejandro Tosti, Raul Pereda and Ted Potter. Then on Sunday I walked with Austin Eckroat, Jacob Bridgeman, Chris Gotterup and Chandler Phillips.

It was fun to walk with them and to see how they interact with each other. These are just normal guys, that are pretty good at golf lol. They tell each other "good shot", help each other find balls, bust each others ballz and boy I thought I cursed a lot on the course lol.

Most of them took the time to shake hands with the patrons and give balls and gloves to the young kids. It was really an awesome experience and can't wait to do it again next year.
Posted by roach3
Just moved to LA TOUR!!!
Member since Dec 2009
2700 posts
Posted on 4/29/24 at 8:59 am to
Respectfully we had the opposite experience with him. Left my son crushed. I'm glad they had a good experience with him though.

I have always been a fan of Rory. I hoping what he did was just out of character. We were patiently waiting in line for two and a half hours for him to finish his round and sign autographs for our sons. My 9-year-old follow him around the course the whole day chanting Rory. Allot of the players came though and signed all the kids balls while we were waiting on Rory. Huge shout out to Xander schauffele. He spent a good 7-8 minutes talking to my son and discussing his golf game with him. Then asked if we wanted to take a picture with him. Such a great experience with Xander he gained some fans yesterday. Rory and Lowry finish their round and start signing autographs. Lowry signs everybody, Rory gets 2 people from us, which were also kids, and just walks off, no sorry guys I gotta go or anything. Was extremely rude and unprofessional the was he handled it. Left my kids in tears. He looked right at us and walked off. I couldn't believe it.

It was so bad one of the guys working for the PGA ran in club house and got some PGA players pins, came across the barricades and brought them out for my 3 boys. That man gave my son and hug and apologized, told him I got these really cool pins for you so sorry that happened.

Just extremely disappointed in Rory at this moment. I'm glad y'all had a good experience with him. I wish we could say the same

Unfortunately my kid will remember that the rest of his life as well. Bummer

This post was edited on 4/29/24 at 9:03 am
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