World No. 2 Rory McIlroy is having a tough time at the Masters 2023 on the greens of Augusta National Golf Club. The Irishman has been constantly missing the cut from the first to the second round of the tournament.
McIlroy, who currently stands at the T61 position with a score of +5 on the leaderboard, is getting huge trolls on Twitter. One guy tweeted,
"Rory McIlroy has got to be the most overrated golfer of all time."
Fans react to Rory McIlroy's poor showing at Masters 2023
Rory McIlroy came in the 87th edition of the Masters with the hopes of capturing his first green jacket and finishing the career grand slam. But after seeing his performance in the first two rounds, fans feel that the current FedEx champion might have to return to the 2024 Masters with the same dream.
Irishman McIlroy received some pretty negative comments from fans on Twitter. Here are some tweets that trolled him heavily for missing the cut constantly.
"Rory McIlroy is 16 shots behind the leader at the Masters. Hasn't won a major for 8 years. BBC Sport website still frames it's golf coverage around him. So weird."
"I'd like to reach out to all Rory McIlroy (SPIT) backers in their darkest times. It's not too late, you can beat it. I'm now 4 weeks clean and my life is better. Join me."
Golf fans were in split by Rory McIlroy's underwhelming performance. A few fans even dragged the LIV vs PGA controversy back to their comments on McIlroy.
"Brooks Koepka being asked about Rory McIlroy’s performance today"
"Rory McIlroy is outside the cut line at +4 right now and Brooks Koepka is leading the entire field by 4 strokes. If their roles were reversed right now imagine what the corrupt golf media would be saying about LIV."
"Rory McIlroy shoots 77, his worst score in a Masters round since 2016. 2024 will be Rory's 10th Masters start needing it to complete the career grand slam. The five men to win the grand slam each got the last leg in three starts or fewer."
"Phil and rOrY mCiLRoY…"
"Anyone else wish Rory McIlroy would focus on shooting low instead of doing interviews half way through his round?"
"Can someone point me to the most bullish Rory McIlroy tweets prior to the start of #themasters so I can laugh and make fun of them?"
"He's a very good player who has been boosted up to levels (Peak Woods) that he cannot reach. Feels a bit crazy to say that 4 Majors is underwhelming."
Masters 2023: Leaderboard after Second Round
After play got suspended on Friday after poor weather conditions grew, Brooks Keopka, Jon Rahm, and Sam Benette ended up in the top three positions on the leaderboard, respectively. Here are the top 10 players on the leaderboard for the Masters 2023.
- 1 Brooks Koepka -12 (132)
- 2 Jon Rahm -9 (65)
- 3 Sam Bennett -8 (136)
- T4 Viktor Hovland -6 (65)
- T4 Collin Morikawa -6 (138)
- T6 Cameron Young -5 (67)
- T6 Jason Day -5 (139)
- T6 Sam Burns -5 (139)
- T6 Jordan Spieth -5 (139)
- T10 Russell Henley -4 (73)
- T10 Patrick Reed -4 (71)
- T10 Shane Lowry -4 (68)
- T10 Adam Scott -4 (68)
- T10 Gary Woodland -4 (140)
- T10 Phil Mickelson -4 (140)
- T10 Joaquin Niemann -4 (140)
- T10 Justin Rose -4 (140)
Defending champion Scottie Scheffler is on T29 with a score of -1 (143). Five-time Masters champion Tiger Woods is in T50 with a +2 (74) score. However, Woods will get his chance to complete the second round on Saturday morning.