Rory McIlroy ally offers advice to Tiger Woods over son Charlie – ‘You don’t want that’
Rory McIlroy’s former agent Andrew Chandler believes that Charlie Woods should heed the advice that Sir Alex Ferguson gave him over Rory McIlroy. Chandler managed McIlroy’s career when the Northern Ireland star was between 18 and 22, overseeing the star’s rise on the PGA Tour, a feat Woods Jnr is hoping to emulate in the next few years. Charlie…
Rory McIlroy’s former agent Andrew Chandler believes that Charlie Woods should heed the advice that Sir Alex Ferguson gave him over Rory McIlroy.
Chandler managed McIlroy’s career when the Northern Ireland star was between 18 and 22, overseeing the star’s rise on the PGA Tour, a feat Woods Jnr is hoping to emulate in the next few years.
Charlie Woods, son of golf legend Tiger, is just 15 but has the best possible mentor in his father. In December, he hit his first hole-in-one during the final round of the PNC Championship while playing with his dad, they were pipped to the win by Bernhard and Jason Langer.
Charlie is considered a promising talent and has already tried to qualify for a PGA Tour event, but Chandler feels that Fergie’s advice to avoid the media and “cut off all the hangers on” over the next few years will steer him in the right direction.
Number one, I have no idea really how good he is right now,” Chandler told Vision4Sport. “You see him. Looks great. Bit flashy. Obviously got a great mentor next to him but that’ll be a hindrance as well as an advantage having to live up to his dad’s name. That’s pretty difficult.
What I would say, I was very fortunate that in 2007 in the first year of looking after Rory I went to Cheltenham Races in a helicopter with Sir Alex Ferguson. On the way down, I said to Sir Alex that I’m going to look after his boy, Rory McIlroy, and I asked him for a few pointers because he looked after [Cristiano] Ronaldo, and I asked how he went about it because he did a fantastic job.
“He said there’s two things with people like that. Don’t let them talk to the press much because they always say the wrong thing. Number two, I cut off all the hangers on.”
