07/22/2014 09:55
Out. In with a Roar...or with a Rory, as the case may be.
As professional golf sees a changing of the guard amidst the Roar's upper-echelon, Nike is finally starting to see greater returns on its investment in their latest sports icon.
More notably, McIlroy 's success makes him only the third man in the history to win 3 of the 4 major championships by the advanced old age of 26 of golf.
The other two? Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods being responsible for Nike's ascendance within the golf genre.
Indeed, Tiger Woods and his accumulation of 14 major championships between 1997 and 2008 set Nike Golf on the map.
But with the vision that Woods had perhaps peaked in light of physical and mental harms incurred over the last six years, Nike prudently determined to bring Mr. McIlroy into their affray to make sure that they would be working with the game's perceived nike blazer mid grey mens.top star of the future.
And when McIlroy was signed by them, they could n't be blamed by you for that anticipation. He won his first major (U.S. Open) in 2011 in field-shattering style at age 21, and then another dominant performance at the PGA Championship in 2012 at age 22 for his second piece of hardware.
But after signing a deal which is pegged at about $20-25 million per annum by sector experts, cheap nike blazers for sale.cIlroy struggled badly in 2013. It could happen to be changing to new Nike golf clubs, it could have been his high profile romance with tennis star Caroline Wozniacki, or it could have only been the pressure put on himself to live as much as a standard he felt was aligned with his inflated status as a product endorser and sports idol.
Whatever plagued his match in 2013 is surely a nike blazer low mens.oot point now.
With Sunday's win, McIlroy stands only one Masters success from becoming the 6th man in the history to have won the career Grand Slam of golf. Again, Nicklaus and Woods are among the names on this particular list...along with Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, and Gary Player.
Quite exalted business for sure, but youthful Rory demonstrated his exalted talents at Royal Liverpool. Gifts which caused Nike to invest heavily in his future skill to enrich the Nike Golf brand back in the start of 2013.
What do Tiger say? Out with the old, in with the new?
With Woods' finishing an ocean-sized stroke difference from truly competing on the weekend (coupled with continuing health dilemmas McIlroy has combated his back and knees), the Open Championship of today may truly indicate the changing of the guard.
