Dame Laura Davies says Rory McIlroy should ask Wyndham Clark how many wins he has after the US Open champion was quoted as saying he wants to prove he is better than McIlroy.
Davies was asked about those comments at this week’s Ryder Cup, where she is working as a broadcaster for Sky Sports.
“I have the utmost respect for Rory – he is one of the great ambassadors of our game. He is obviously one of the best of all time and he is still going so he can be that,” Clark said last week, speaking to the Golf Channel’s Golf Today program.
“I have tons of respect for Rory and because of that respect, I also want to beat him. I like to think I am better than him and I want to prove that.”
It’s a quote that Sky Sports’ Dharmesh Sheth suggested Luke Donald would put up in the European team room this week before asking Dame Laura Davies her views on it.
She replied: “Yeah well I hadn’t seen that, my only answer would be ‘How many wins have you had, how many wins have I had?’
“That’s how you judge yourself as a professional golfer, how many wins have you got?
“You can be a great golfer and you can earn lots of money in this game, but it’s all about the wins, and at the moment Wyndham Clark, he might have loads of wins come the end of his career, I know he’s younger than Rory but at the moment I really don’t see that one at all.”
“How many wins have you had, how many wins have I had?” 😅Dame Laura Davies reacts to Wyndham Clark’s comments 👀 pic.twitter.com/XSPyIENxtTSeptember 26, 2023
Wyndham Clark currently holds two PGA Tour wins, with one of them being this year’s US Open at Los Angeles Country Club. The American beat Rory McIlroy by a single stroke.
Clark makes his Ryder Cup debut this week at Marco Simone in Rome after automatically qualifying for Zach Johnson’s team. He may well get the chance to prove himself against Rory McIlroy in one of the five sessions.
Clark, currently ranked 10th in the world, played alongside Scottie Scheffler, Sam Burns, and Brooks Koepka in a Tuesday practice round, perhaps giving an insight into who he’ll be paired with in the doubles sessions over the first two days.
Scheffler and Burns are best friends and have partnered…
..
Click Here to Read the Full Original Article at Golf Monthly RSS Feed…