After shooting a 6 under on the final day of the tournament, McIlroy won by a record breaking eight strokes.
Going into the PGA Championship as the third ranked golfer in the world, behind Luke Donald and Tiger Woods, Rory jumped the two after a combination of poor performances by Donald and Woods and an incredible performance by McIlroy.
23 years old myself, it is incredible to see someone, who is in fact several months younger than myself, be considered the best golfer in the entire world.
One of the most interesting things I like about golf remains the individuality of the sport. With the exception of the help from each golfers caddie, who in fact does a lot more than most assume, the golfer takes the credit or the win and the heat for the loss.
Being such an individual sport, the idea of a power ranking system that manipulates every aspect of every golfers performance throughout the year, creating a list of the world rankings from best to worst I find extremely interesting.
While baseball and hockey remain my favorite sports, I personally believe Josh Hamilton remains the best MLB player and Claude Giroux will continue as the best in the NHL.
While I believe my knowledge about sports is accurate and intelligent, not everyone in the world can agree on a ranking system of the best athletes among team sports. However, golf remains a sport whose statistics of individual performances creates a realization of the best to the worst.
Whether you agree or disagree, it is the most accurate realization of individual success in a professional sport as you can imagine.
And right now, a twenty-three year old from Northern Ireland is in fact, the best!
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