Golf: McIlroy rivalry needs time, says Woods

Woods insists that, for the moment, such talk is mere conjecture.


Afp January 17, 2013

ABU DHABI: Tiger Woods has played down talk of a big rivalry with Rory McIlroy, saying that the two first needed to cross swords at the business end of the majors before that could become a reality. The two topped ranked golfers in the world have for a second straight year opted to tee off their seasons in the Gulf at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship and they will be paired together in the opening two rounds. It has all the hallmarks of a classic rivalry with the 37-year-old former kingpin Woods out to exact revenge on the 23-year-old upstart McIlroy who has taken away his crown. But Woods insists that, for the moment, such talk is mere conjecture. “It’s only been a few years since Rory has been in the sport, so let’s just give it time and see how it pans out,” said Woods.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 17th, 2013.

 

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