Rory McIlroy Even With Nicklaus' Major Pace

I saw this graphic yesterday over on Nate Silver's FiveThirtyEight blog now on ESPN.  I had a few different takeaways from this chart.  First, Tiger's plateau jumps off the page.  It makes you wonder where Tiger would be if only the CyberDust app was invented 7 or 8 years earlier.  I was also surprised that 14 other players have reached 4 or more majors.  I would not have guessed 17 players even had 3 majors each, but I now know that number is even greater.  Also, I know it is still very early, but I can see Rory with closing speed rivaling Super Cop below.

 

I loved Rory slamming his glass of champagne in everyone's faces.  Parties.