Rory McIlroy’s former agent rips 4-time major champ for this act at Augusta

It’s been a rough couple of weeks for Rory McIlroy.

The four-time major champ’s Grand Slam bid at Augusta National fell flat with a missed cut, before it was reported that McIlroy’s withdrawal from this week’s RBC Heritage is set to cost him $3 million in PIP money.

Now, McIlroy’s former agent Chubby Chandler has hit out at the 33-year-old, labelling Rory a “mouthpiece for the PGA Tour” and someone who “opens his mouth too much.”

Rory’s poor 2023 Masters performance came as a surprise to many, but speaking to iNews, Chandler revealed why he would bet against Rory ever winning at Augusta.

“If you were a betting man you would probably bet against him winning. He has made winning the grand slam [all four majors] a bigger thing in his head than it actually is.

He is not really driven by number of wins or number of majors per se, but he seems to be driven by wanting to win the grand slam. It’s a massive mental block and it’s getting harder and harder. Every time he gets there he has the pressure from everyone else, but also from himself.”

Then, Chandler did not hold back when it came to expressing his views on McIlroy conducting an on-course interview while in the heat of battle at Augusta.

“To me he has got carried away as mouthpiece of the PGA Tour. He is doing things he shouldn’t be doing and opening his mouth too often. The interview on the fairway [at the Masters], absolutely brilliant TV but not good for Rory McIlroy.

You can’t be having a chat with a guy in the commentary box about the day and the way he is playing, or whatever, then get over a wedge and give it 100 per cent. You would never have got [Jack] Nicklaus doing it. You would never have got Tiger [Woods] doing it.

If you could see into his head back in the days when he was flying around Augusta there was nothing in there other than hitting a golf ball. Now he has commitments with PGA Tour, where he has been groomed as a political figurehead, with TV, with half a dozen really big sponsors.

And they take up time. He now has Workday [software company]. Workday put an add on TV, that will take a day of his time. That clutter manifests itself on the course. He needs to get away from a lot of that, and just trust his talent.”