If Talor Gooch were still a member of the PGA Tour, he’d likely be in the running for one of the top spots in the Player Impact Program.
He has a knack for stirring up social media, and his latest remarks went viral after taking a shot at Rory McIlroy and the Masters, specifically.
“If Rory McIlroy goes and completes his (career) Grand Slam without some of the best players in the world, there’s just going to be an asterisk. It’s just the reality,” Gooch told Australian Golf Digest. “I think everybody wins whenever the majors figure out a way to get the best players in the world there.”
Let’s just say, social media had a field day, including someone going to his Wikipedia page and adding a note how none of Gooch’s wins have come while playing in a field with McIlroy.
For what it’s worth, at last year’s Masters, Gooch made the cut while McIlroy didn’t, but let’s not confuse the major pedigree of them. McIlroy has more top 10s in majors the last five years (12) than Gooch has major starts in his career (11).
Here’s some of the best reactions to Gooch’s remarks: