Weekend by: Vic Matus -----------------: Rory McIlroy is certainly not one to give up. The recent Masters champion is the subject of Alan Shipnuck's new bio, Rory: The Heartache and Triumph of Golf's Most Human Superstar. And with the PGA Championship final round today, what better time for Jay Nordlinger to give us a review. https://lens.usercontent.google.com/image?vsrid=CNePkYKLvr6l5wEQAhgBIiQxZjQxYzUyZi0yZjk4LTQ5OGYtOWE0Ni0xNGIxNzQyMjNiYTgyeyICY2YoC0JzCi5sZmUtZHVtbXk6ZjVhOGE5OWItNDU4Ni00NTc0LWJjOTgtNzgzY2VhMzFjOWYwEkEKPy9ibnMvY2YvYm9yZy9jZi9ibnMvbGVucy1mcm9udGVuZC1hcGkvcHJvZC5sZW5zLWZyb250ZW5kLWFwaS8yMTiEvI_qqsGUAw&gsessionid=lq7amH4PWb2xb6AIAq3j5_3I-8wHDyE0I6_WX9MdXFx6r9WyvrckNw “Rory did not cooperate with Shipnuck on this bio. Indeed, he was hostile to it. Shipnuck explained to him that Arnold and Jack had always cooperated with their biographers—it helped burnish their legacies and the history of golf. But Rory was unpersuaded. “‘It pisses me off that you’re making money off my name,’ he told Shipnuck. That was one objection—or stated objection. Shipnuck guesses that the issue was less money than control. He also points out that, while Rory flies in a private jet, sportswriters usually fly coach, and sometimes in the middle seat. “I would have been tempted to tell Rory: ‘Would you rather be written about or the writer? Would you like to be the biographer or the biographee? The star or the scribe? Come on. Wanna trade places?’ “In any event, Shipnuck has written a good and thorough biography, with the cooperation of plenty in the golf world. McIlroy, moreover, is a good subject: interesting, thoughtful, quirky. He took up juggling, because it engages both halves of the brain.” “McIlroy’s 2025 Masters victory ends Shipnuck’s bio. It is his dénouement, his grand finale. Yet, at 37, McIlroy has a fair amount of golf left in him—and he has already donned that second green jacket. (I am being metaphorical here. When you win a green jacket—it stays your green jacket, no matter how many more times you win.)”. Happy Sunday. Vic Matus Arts & Culture Editor Washington Free Beacon 31 2 R