Rory McIlroy won his fourth Major yesterday - becoming the third youngest to do so. Many feel he has a better chance to catch Jack Nicolas's record of 18 major wins than does Tiger Woods.
In this image, McIlroy he has just left his tee shot on the 8th hole (at Valhalla Golf Club) just short of the green. An eye roll is a nonverbal signal of contempt - moreover the vast majority of the time it is a deliberate and thus conscious display - although it can sometimes be an edge-of-consciousness phenomenon. Although eye-rolling is usually directed at others, in this moment McIlroy was filled with self-contempt (and what other thought-emotion?).
What are some other body language signals of contempt?
See also:
Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 2915: The Many Faces of Tony Stewart
Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 2827: Caroline Wozniacki and Rory McIlroy - She was the Alpha, He was the Beta
Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 2826: Caroline Wozniacki & Rory McIlroy Call Off Their Engagement - Body Language and Dominance
Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 2786: Jewish Community Center Shooter - Frazier Glenn Cross, Jr - A Very Common Body Language Display of "Hate Crimes", Mass Shootings and Terrorism
Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 2769: Smiling Out of Context in a Mass Shooter - T.J. Lane's Body Language
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